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Sunday, May 12, 2013

State House News Service Weekly Roundup: A Hoop-De-Doo

Recap and analysis of the week in state government.

Massachusetts' problem is now Virginia's. After a macabre, around-the-clock stakeout of a Worcester funeral home this week by frenzied reporters and furious protestors, the remains of alleged Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev were secreted out of central Massachusetts and buried in a small Muslim cemetery in rural Virginia. No cemetery in Massachusetts, or public official for that matter, wanted Tsarnaev's body. And Gov. Deval Patrick just seemed relieved the tense standoff was over. "No. I have enough to do," Patrick said, when asked if he wished he had gotten involved to end the theatrics sooner. The April 15 attacks on the finish line of the Boston Marathon threw Beacon Hill policymakers off stride, quieting the raging debate …

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

State House Employees Get 3 Percent Raise

Although the state is expected to fall short of projected revenue, the raises are justified since staff hasn't had a raise in four years, some say.

Despite recent news that the state is projected to take in less than expected in tax revenues, State House leaders last week announced three percent salary raises for staff of representatives and some senators, the Globe reported.  But the increases are justified since the lawmakers' staff haven't had a raise since 2008, says Seth Gitell, a spokesman for House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo.  "It’s been more than four years since the last cost-of-living adjustment,” Gitell said Monday, according to the Globe. “Previously, employees received cost-of-living increases every one or, in many cases, every one or two years. There hasn’t been one in a long time.” Last week, DeLeo gave raises to all 460 people who work in the House, and Senate President …

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