Raises raised?

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 09 May 2007 18:09:11 -0400

House budget writers today upped the pay raise for most state employees from 2.5 to 4.25 percent in their proposed $20.3 billion spending plan, while dropping a one-time bonus of $400.

The House Appropriations Committee approved an amendment by Rep. Dan Blue, a Raleigh Democrat, that would use lapsed salary money to cover the pay hikes.

It would bring the pay raises of most state employees nearly in line with the 5 percent pay raises being offered to teachers and community college faculty and adminstrators.

The State Employees Association of North Carolina had called for equal pay increases and threatened to try to halt the budget vote if House members didn't come through.

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