VTDigger Asks Gov. Shumlin About Reported Raises. Hear His Response.
Question & Answer Appear In First Video Clip.
Reminder: Public Comment On State Budget To Be Held Feb. 14 Via VT Interactive TV
4:00 – 6:00 p.m., Monday:
"The House and Senate Committees on Appropriations will hold a joint public hearing on Vermont Interactive Television (V.I.T.) to give Vermonters throughout the state an opportunity to express their views about the state budget for fiscal year 2012."
NY Public Employees Begin To Rally Behind Elevating Need For State To Increase Revenue
"…two coalitions of labor unions and their allies are mounting campaigns aimed chiefly at persuading Mr. Cuomo to extend the so-called millionaire’s tax, a state surcharge on high-income New Yorkers that is scheduled to expire in December. The tax, which Mr. Cuomo wants to eliminate, could bring in billions of dollars in revenue in the next few years…"
VT Public Assets just showed $190 million coming back to the state’s wealthiest… Hmmm…
New EPI Study Finds Michigan State Employees Are Undercompensated!
"On an annual basis, full-time state and local employee government employees in Michigan are undercompensated by approximately 5.3% compared with similar private sector workers."
Some States Find Roadblocks When Trying To Hack State Workforce
"Nicholas Johnson, head of the center’s State Fiscal Project, said the meltdown of so many state budgets has far more to do with falling revenues and climbing expenses in other areas than it does with employee benefits."