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Midnight pay raise

By jbakes

  • Vote

    Vote
    PA State Legislators vote themselves a $4,000 to $13,000 pay raise (depending on position) at 2:00 AM

  • Uproar

    Uproar
    PA citizens cry out against the sudden vote, which was decided without reaching public ear before hand.

  • the nine

    the nine
    9 Legislators announce they will not be taking the pay raise

  • Constitution

    Constitution
    Courts announce that the 2:00 AM pay raise act is unconstitutional

  • Citizens

    Citizens
    Citizens Vote against the retention of Justice Russell Nigro. Justice Sandra Schultz Newman is barely retained.

  • Repeal

    Repeal
    The sudden 'Midnight Raise" payraise act is repealed

  • Raises

    Raises
    More than 1,000 state judges will get to keep their middle-of-the-night pay raises even though the Legislature repealed the judicial raises.

  • Saylor

    Saylor
    Thomas Saylor faces retention election

  • Wrap Up

    Wrap Up
    Legislators wrap up the budget process in the early hours of the morning despite the law that states it must be finished by 11:00 PM

  • vote

    vote
    More than a dozen lawmakers who voted for the payraise begin reaping the benefits of the pay bump they recieved through their pensions.

  • Urge

    Urge
    Democratic lieutenant governor candidate and anti-pay raise activist Gene Stilp personally argues against the pay raise case before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Philadelphia on Tuesday, April 4