Pritzker signs state budget, scales back lawmaker pay raises – WCIA (Champaign)

The Illinois Constitution gives lawmakers a Cost-of-Living Adjustment to their salaries each year. With inflation sky rocketing, both Senate and House members were going to see a five thousand dollar increase to their salaries, from $85 thousand to $90 thousand per year. That increase turned out to actually violate the Constitution, which limits the cost-of-living adjustment to a maximum of a five percent raise.