(AP) — Missouri state workers are in line to get an 8.7% pay raise under a bill approved Wednesday by state lawmakers.
“The reason it passed so overwhelmingly was because we have a shortage of state employees,” Sen. Mike Bernskoetter (R-Jefferson City) said. “The latest number I heard was 7000 down, we need 7000 more employees.”
The Republican-led Senate sent a bill authorizing the pay hike to Republican Gov. Mike Parson, who asked for the cost-of-living adjustment during his January State of the State address.
