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Legislative Pay: Good Wage For Some, Others' Pin Money
In the second installment of a two-part story, Stateline.org takes a look at legislative pay in the 50 states. California, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Illinois -- the same states that pay their governors most -- have the highest salaries for legislators. Incidentally, nearly half the state legislatures gave themselves a raise last year, a Stateline.org survey shows. more
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Governors' Paychecks Vary Widely
In his new job as President of the United States, George W. Bush will earn $400,000 per annum -- a pay raise of more than 300 percent. As Texas governor, Bush got $116,545 per year, the 18th highest state executive's salary, and he was docked $316.01 every day he spent on the campaign trail trying to win the White House. Bush isnt the only chief executive getting a pay hike in 2001. Nearly half the governors got pay raises this year and many also enjoy generous perks, including lodging and transportation. more
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Education Jobs Account For Increase In State, Local Government
State and local governments continued to create new jobs in 1998, but at a slightly slower pace than the year before. The biggest gains came in California, Florida and Texas. Read more detail in this stateline.org report. more
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Focus On Education Spurs Government Job Growth
A sharp increase in state and local education hiring caused the largest government job growth in five years in the third quarter of 1998, according to a newly released report from the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for the Study of the States. The center said its calculations showed state government job growth from July to September exceeded the private job growth rate for the first time since 1992. more