Citizen panel rejects pay hike for WA governor

By: Jerry Cornfield

Outlets: Washington State Standard

Published: October 16, 2026

Words: 648

Last Updated: 2 days, 1 hour ago

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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson, who did not offer raises to thousands of state workers in recent contract talks, will not get one himself for the next two years, under a recommendation adopted by a citizen salary-setting panel on Thursday.

Salaries for the attorney general and lieutenant governor will be frozen too with the proposed schedule drawn up by the Washington Citizens Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials at a daylong meeting …

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