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Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 03:29 Written by rslcpol Friday, 5 February 2010 11:44
From JournalStar.com:
Nebraska lawmakers don’t want a pay raise because of budget problems, and Attorney General Jon Bruning’s office agrees they shouldn’t get a chance at one this year.
A legal opinion issued by his office on Thursday says the Legislature overstepped the Nebraska Constitution when, in 2007, it voted to wait until this year to ask voters for a $10,000 pay raise.
Bruning’s office says the proposed constitutional amendment for the raise could have been given to voters for consideration before or at the next general election, in 2008.
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