The President of the Massachusetts Senate says it is unlikely the legislature will return to Beacon Hill before January to act on pay raises for the state’s top elected officials.
Senate President Therese Murray told the Boston Globe there will be no formal session of the legislature gaveled this month. Murray, who is leaving office in January, said she saw no movement to act on a commission’s recommendation for hefty pay raises for the governor and others. Commission chairman Ira Jackson acknowledged the pay raises are controversial, but justified based on the officials responsibilities and comparisons with other states.
" We don't think this should be ignored because we will build up further inadequacies and inequities."
Governor-elect Charlie Baker said he would veto a pay raise bill.
