Post by Logan on Feb 16, 2017 14:36:37 GMT -6
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine has the nation's lowest salary for a governor and a lawmaker says it's time to boost it.
Republican Rep. Bradlee Farrin is sponsoring a bill to raise the governor's salary from $70,000 to $150,000. The raise would start January 2019, so it wouldn't apply to Republican Gov. Paul LePage.
The bill is set for a public hearing Wednesday morning.
Farrin says Maine's chief executive is responsible for a more than $6 billion two-year budget and should be compensated accordingly. The lawmaker says the average salary nationwide is about $140,000.
Read more: www.sunjournal.com/news/maine/2017/02/15/lawmakers-proposes-giving-next-maine-governor-raise/2077992
Republican Rep. Bradlee Farrin is sponsoring a bill to raise the governor's salary from $70,000 to $150,000. The raise would start January 2019, so it wouldn't apply to Republican Gov. Paul LePage.
The bill is set for a public hearing Wednesday morning.
Farrin says Maine's chief executive is responsible for a more than $6 billion two-year budget and should be compensated accordingly. The lawmaker says the average salary nationwide is about $140,000.
Read more: www.sunjournal.com/news/maine/2017/02/15/lawmakers-proposes-giving-next-maine-governor-raise/2077992