Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector
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Sen. Rick Billinger, center, said the Legislature would consider a proposed 2.5% salary hike for state employees next week when lawmakers return to Topeka to address vetoes by Gov. Laura Kelly. Salina Sen. J.R. Claeys, left, opposes the pay hike, while Manhattan Sen. Tom Hawk, right, supports the increase.
TOPEKA — Republicans on the Kansas Senate’s budget committee attacked Gov. Laura Kelly’s plan to allocate $52 million to raises of 2.5% for state executive, legislative and judicial branch workers and to appropriate $10 million to state universities that could be used to bolster employee compensation.