Column: Legislative pay hikes once posed problem, but no more – Champaign News-Gazette

Jim Dey: "Of course, Republican lawmakers want the pay hikes as much as the Democrats. But in prior years — when party legislative control could shift because of a few lost House or Senate seats — both parties tried to avoid setting off a pay-raise controversy. Between the change in the law and Illinois’ shifting political makeup, that reluctance has disappeared."
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Poor Taxpayer
2 years ago

The ship is sinking so quickly get as much as you can before it goes down.

Giddyap
2 years ago

General Assembly Democrats are the parasites feeding off the rotting corpse of Illinois

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