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"Then again, maybe it’s easier just to nickel and dime state employees over a few cents a mile."
“Thirty-six states in 2013 reimbursed public employees for work-related use of their own cars at the mileage reimbursement rate set by the IRS—56.5 cents per mile.”
"Administration Secretary Spaulding agrees that the federal rate is too high, but said the rate is stipulated in the state employees’ union contract. He said he plans to raise the issue when he he and the union start negotiating a new contract next month."
"Mileage reimbursement does happen to be a pet peeve of mine," Spaulding said.