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Vilsack Receives 3 Percent Pay Rise Under Senate Package
The Iowa Senate approved a 42.2 million salary package for state officials effective July 1, boosting the governor from 104,352 to 107,482 and the lieutenant governor from 73,048 to 76,698. Other targets include 105,430 for the attorney general and 87,990 for the auditor, agriculture secretary, secretary of state, and treasurer. Some exceptions: Lt. Gov. Sally Pedersen gets 5 percent and Secretary of State Chet Culver 6.1 percent. Lawmakers’ pay remains unchanged for two years.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Bureau
Iowa Senate
Tom Vilsack
Agriculture
Sally Pederson
Chet Culver