House advances proposal to increase state employee pay

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House advances proposal to increase state employee pay

Jim Wooten (file photo) Alongside approving the flurry of crypto resolutions Tuesday, the House Rules committee also OK’d a proposal to consider a pay raise increase for state employees. The resolution, previously approved by the Senate, got the necessary two-thirds approval on the House floor Wednesday, and can now be filed as a bill. The lack of pay raises for many state employees last year has been a source of great controversy, with some leg…