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Missouri state workers are in line to get an 8.7% pay raise under a bill approved Wednesday by state lawmakers.
The Republican-led Senate sent a bill authorizing the pay hike to Republican Gov. Mike Parson, who asked for the cost-of-living adjustment during his January State of the State address.
He’s expected to sign the raise into law.
Lawmakers in Missouri have approved an 8.7% raise for all state workers.
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The pay raises come as Missouri struggles to keep workers from bolting for better-paying and potentially less stressful jobs.
Nearly one-quarter of Missouri’s budgeted positions in the Department of Corrections were vacant as of late last year, and one-fifth of the positions in the Department of Mental Health were empty, according to data provided to The Associated Press.
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