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Beacon Hill Staffers Get 3% Raise

Jim Phillips — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 01:31:13 +0000

Massachusetts' two top lawmakers are handing out raises to hundreds of staffers even as the state faces declining revenues that could force budget cuts.

Petition Asks Voters to Decide Pay Raise – What Would You Choose?

Phil Paleologos — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 22:59:56 +0000

A local activist is circulating a petition to try to put the New Bedford City Council's 44 percent pay raise question directly before the voters as a ballot question in the November 2013 Election.

Circulating Petition Could Recall Council Pay Raises

Taylor Cormier — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 05:00:55 +0000

Next year, New Bedford voters may be able to decide the fate of the self-approved 44% City Council pay raises. That outcome hinges on a petition being circulated by the President of the Minority Action Coalition, Charles Carmo.