PITTSBURGH (100.1 FM and AM 1020 KDKA) Pennsylvania's state lawmakers are getting sizeable raises next year.
253 House and Senate members will receive a cost-of-living adjustment based on a law shielding them from political blowback for voting for their own pay increases.
Typically, members of the Senate receive 1 to 3% more pay but high inflation could push legislator's base pay from about $95,000 to over $100,000 next year.
The estimate comes from an analysis by The Caucus/LNP.
Lawmakers do have the option of returning the increase to the state treasurer, but very few do.
A Spotlight PA story in the Tribune-Review says just six of them have given back at least part of their raises in the last four years.
