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'The money's used up:' Raises unlikely for state workers, senator says
Don't quit that second job just yet, state employees.
Despite previous plans for an across-the-board pay raise, a lawmaker said Tuesday there probably won't be enough money for it now.
At a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, lawmakers discussed how to allocate about $160 million not already tentatively earmarked.
Appropriations Chairman Buck Clarke, R-Hollandale, said the biggest chunk, more than $60 million, will have to go to cover increasing costs for the Public Employees' Retirement System.
Read more: https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/20/msleg-budget-leader-no-money-mississippi-state-employee-raise/2926364002/