State lawmakers to face pay cuts under bill proposed by area senator

COLUMBUS

Lawmakers would face pay cuts of 5-10 percent, depending on Ohio's unemployment rate, under legislation being considered in the Ohio Senate.

Sen. Jason Wilson, a Democrat from Columbiana, offered Senate Bill 74 to enable the state's elected officials to share in the financial burden other Ohioans are facing.

"Nearly 600,000 unemployed Ohioans would have been more at ease taking a pay cut instead of losing their jobs," Wilson told the Senate's Finance Committee Tuesday afternoon. "As legislators, we need to make it clear that if the people are suffering, we are not exempt."

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