Latest House offer includes 2% state employee pay raise, below Senate push for 4%

Latest House offer includes 2% state employee pay raise, below Senate push for 4%

The House is meeting the Senate halfway on state employee pay raises. According to the latest budget documents released late Thursday, the lower chamber is pitching a 2% bump for most state workers. The Senate’s position was a 4% raise. The minimum pay raise would be $1,000, down from $1,500 in the Senate plan. The raises would go to most non-law enforcement employees, specifically employees “in the Career Service, the Selected Exempt Service, t…