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Some House Members Considering Taking a Pay Raise This Year

WASHINGTON — Some senior House lawmakers, frustrated by a decade of frozen congressional salaries, are quietly exploring whether to accept an annual pay raise that they've shunned since Barack Obama was first president. It's a longshot at best, requiring co...

This is What the Fresno City Council Should Be Paid

Opinion by Bill McEwen Here we are again debating the salaries of Fresno City Councilmembers. The last time we visited the subject, circa 2006, the council boosted its pay to $5,416 a month or about $65,000 a year. Some residents protes...