Illinois Legislators vote themselves a pay raise
Quincy Journal
Brady Cremeens – Illinois News Network
Lawmakers will see an extra $3100 in their paychecks beginning July 1
As part of the new budget, Illinois legislators will be taking home a fatter paycheck than they have for the past few years.
Voting to do away with a 4.6 percent reduction in salary that the legislature instituted in 2011 and renewed each year since, lawmakers will see about $3,100 more in their annual paychecks beginning July 1.
State Sen. Dan Kotowski, D-Park Ridge, sponsored the original pay reduction bill in 2011 in an attempt to cause legislators to feel the pain of cuts just like various programs throughout the state were dealing with. This came in the form of 12 furlough days.
This year, Democrats carried the majority for reinstituting base pay.
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