Average pay of Louisiana lawmakers nears $44,000

A Louisiana House committee rejected a proposal to raise legislators’ salaries in the just-ended legislative session, but debates over the compensation rates are expected to continue in the next term since state lawmakers’ base pay hasn’t changed since 1980. Before this latest failed effort, lawmakers last tried to raise their own pay in 2008. But Gov. Bobby Jindal vetoed the salary hike bill…

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