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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA CONTACT:
Christine Snell
612-345-2547 (cell)
Christine.Snell@house.mn.gov
Leader Demuth calls out five-figure pay raises for Walz administration officials
ST. PAUL — House Minority Leader Lisa Demuth (R-Cold Spring) issued the following statement on recent reporting showing state agency commissioners received significant pay increases after Democrats voted last year to increase their salaries. Seven commissioners now have salaries that top a whopping $187,000.
“Yet again Democrats are putting their own interests over Minnesotans’ interests. While most Minnesotans didn’t even get enough of a raise to keep up with inflation, members of the Walz administration—who already had six-figure salaries—saw massive pay increases to the tune of as much as $32,000.
“This adds insult to injury for Minnesotans and further shows how misaligned Democrats’ priorities are. Democrats promised Minnesotans $2,000 rebate checks and tax relief, and instead they blew the $18 billion surplus and raised taxes by $10 billion so that they could build a $730 million office building for themselves and reward their own with huge pay raises.”
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