Alaska House unanimously opposes pay cut for state legislators; bill now goes to Gov. Dunleavy
Speaker of the House Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak, is framed by the doorway to the chambers of the Alaska House of Representatives on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The House voted unanimously to oppose a legislative pay cut.
Legislators in both the House and the Senate said the amount of the cut was “punitive” and not based on the actual cost of keeping two households — one in Juneau during the legislative session and another in their home districts. The net reduction in legislative pay would be larger than the gross cut because the expense payments are not taxed, and salaries are.
Other legislators said that the reduction would discourage anyone but the independently wealthy from running for office, creating a Legislature that doesn’t represent the state.
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