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Lawmaker keeps pay despite Texas move
Oklahoma representative Walt Roberts will keep his $32 000 salary through November despite relocating to Texas and taking a full time job there. He earned $2 666 in May while attending only two legislative session days. Roberts says he assists constituents at his own expense and plans no re election. In Louisiana, firms and out of state workers sue to stop tax breaks tied to the percentage of Louisiana labor used by contractors. The suits align with a prior court ruling on an 80 percent local labor rule for exemptions. a final decision is pending.
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