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Midnight Pay Raise

  • 2005 Pennsylvania General Assembly pay raise controversy

    the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed pay increases for state lawmakers, judges, and top executive-branch officials. The vote took place at 2 am without public review or commentary and Governor Ed Rendell signed the bill into law. The raise increased legislators' base pay from 16% to 34% depending on position.
  • Repealed

    The pay raises would have increased lawmakers’ salaries – executive, legislative, and judicial alike – from 16 to 54 percent, based on seniority, rank, title and leadership.
  • House and senates

    The report states 131 House members and 27 Senators signed up for the “unvouchered expenses,” received between July 7 and November 16, 2005. Payments ranged from $1,288 to $14,553.32, before taxes.
  • Wolf administration grants raises to management, other non-union state employees

    The longevity increases go to all affected workers who have been with the state
  • PA Largest State Employee Union

    While neither union nor administration officials would release details of the tentative agreement, a document obtained by PennLive indicates the agreements provide for raises of. went up 2.75%
  • PA Largest State Employee Union

    went up 2%
  • PA Largest state employee Union

    will increase 2.25%
  • PA Largest state employee union

    will increase even more by 2.5%
  • PA Largest state employee union

    In the next two years it will in increase 2.25%