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Missouri lawmakers likely to nix first pay raise since 2004

By Washington Examiner
Published December 1, 2020 2:00pm ET
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Missouri lawmakers likely to nix first pay raise since 2004
FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2019, file photo, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson delivers his State of the State address in Jefferson City, Mo. Missouri's Republican-led Legislature has passed a sweeping bill to ban abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy, and Republican Gov. Parson is expected to sign it. The House approved the measure Friday May 17, 2019. | (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

A bipartisan commission is recommending 5-percent pay hikes for Missouri’s elected and state officials over the next two years.

If approved by the Legislature, the salary increases would be effective Feb. 1 and mark the first pay raise for the state’s elected representatives and officials since 2004.

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