Missouri Senate Expected to Focus on State Worker Pay Increase Next Week
February 19, 2022 5:28AM CST
Missouri State Capitol. Photo by Office of Administration, Commissioner’s Office.
(Missourinet) The Missouri Senate is expected to get to work next week on the governor’s 15-dollar-per hour minimum wage proposal for all state workers. The Missouri House passed a scaled back version last week of Governor Parson’s request. Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Dan Hegeman of Cosby says his committee’s version does not include a certain base wage because he wants to let the market decide what best in each community.
The bill would also allow the state Education Department to distribute about two-billion-dollars in federal coronavirus-related aid to Missouri’s K-12 public schools.
