Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed legislation that would have blocked recommendations made by an independent salary commission, clearing the way for a 67% pay raise for lawmakers and a roughly 20% raise for the governor and his cabinet.
JUNEAU — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed legislation Monday that would have blocked recommendations made by an independent salary commission, clearing the way for a 67% pay raise for lawmakers and a roughly 20% raise for the governor and his cabinet.earlier this month disapproving recommendations from the Alaska State Officers Compensation Commission, when those recommendations left out a pay bump for lawmakers while granting increases to the governor and department heads.
Commissioners’ salaries would increase by 20% since their last raise in 2015 from just over $140,000 to $168,000. But there had been no changes proposed for legislator pay, which frustrated many in the state Capitol. In 2022, lawmakersanother set of recommendations that would have lowered their overall compensation packages.
A pay increase has long been called for by lawmakers who say they struggle to maintain homes in both Juneau and their home districts, and who say the limited wages help make the Legislature less diverse.
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