Alaska Senate unanimously opposes plan to cut legislators’ pay:
Members of the Alaska State Senate leave their chambers after the 2022 Alaska Legislature convenes on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022 at the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau.
The bill now goes to the Alaska House of Representatives, which could vote as early as Thursday morning. In a 121-day legislative session, a legislator’s gross pay would fall from $85,853 to $76,100, assuming expense payments are collected every day. Salaries are taxable and expense payments are not, so take-home pay drops even more.
Senate Minority Leader Tom Begich, D-Anchorage, offered similar comments, saying the pay proposal appeared to be the result of one salary commission’s unhappiness with the Legislature. If that member was serious, he’d run for office himself, Begich said.
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