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Pennsylvania Department of the Auditor General
Auditor General Jack Wagner Says He Will Give Back Raise, Urges General Assembly to Freeze COLAs
December 21st, 2008
Saying it was a responsibility of the state's independent fiscal watchdog to speak out on important issues regarding the state budget, Auditor General Jack Wagner today called on the General Assembly to impose a 2-year moratorium on cost-of-living pay increases for state officials to help shrink Pennsylvania's widening budget deficit. "I believe it's the fiscally prudent thing to do in these very difficult financial times," Wagner said. Wagner said he would ask the General Assembly to make a two-year COLA freeze its first act of business when it returns to session in January. Employees of the legislative, judicial and executive branches received a...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-12-21)
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