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No Pay Hike For Mass. State Legislators

BOSTON (AP) — State legislators will not be getting a pay raise as they begin a new two-year session, at least not yet.

Gov. Deval Patrick, in one of his final acts before his term officially ends Thursday, said in a letter to state treasurer Steven Grossman that he had determined there would be no increase or decrease in the base annual pay for lawmakers, now about $60,000.

Under a state constitutional amendment, the governor is charged with using a formula based on changes in the state's median household income to adjust lawmaker pay every two years.

Patrick said he regretted the outcome and thinks legislators deserved a raise. He also noted that a special commission recently recommended increases in public compensation. The Legislature has not yet acted on those proposals.

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