Illinois lawmakers hike their own salaries 27% in just one year, to nearly $90,000

Illinois lawmakers are responsible for policies that consistently leave Illinois at the bottom of the barrel nationally – from debts to taxes to credit ratings to out-migration.

And yet, those lawmakers have just hiked their base pay by nearly $5,000 – to $89,675 a year. That’s on top of a 17 percent raise they gave themselves just six months ago. Illinois lawmakers now have the 4th-highest pay in the country.

They don’t deserve an annual salary that’s 25 percent higher than the state’s median household income ($72,205).

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