Faster than you can say Jay-Fack, the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee unanimously passed Governor Kempthorne's request for a 3 percent pay raise for state employees--in the first week of the legislative session. Rarely do JFAC decisions fail to become law, but the House and Senate do still have to pass the measures.
The Guv was happy. "The committee's unanimous, and fast, approval of my recommendation for expedited state employee raises sends the message that our employees are deeply appreciated as the backbone of our state government," Kempthorne said in a prepared statement.
But Democrats aren't content, and they plan to push for a 4 percent worker-pay increase …
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