Missouri Senate to Work on State Worker Pay Raise Proposal
February 18, 2022 5:44AM 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 state worker pay increase proposal. The Missouri House voted last week to give a 15-dollar-an-hour base pay to workers in direct care roles and all others a 12-dollar hourly minimum wage. Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Dan Hegeman of northwest Missouri’s Cosby, says his committee’s version does not include a certain base wage because he wants to let the market decide.
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.
