Pay Increase for Minnesota Legislators in Limbo
Last Week Independent Council Approved $14,000 Increase for Lawmakers
ST. PAUL, Minn.- The chairman of the independent council that approved $14,000 raises for Minnesota lawmakers says lawyers will have to decide whether Republican House Speaker Kurt Daudt can block the pay increase. Minnesota voters created the Legislative Salary Council through a November constitutional amendment that removed lawmakers’ ability to set their own pay. That council on Friday affirmed its…