I Gotsta Get Paid

A staff writer at WHO TV HD authored this online story

THIRD WEEK: Unpaid Legislators Continue

Only their per diem has ended and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Legislators are paid an annual salary of $25,000.

Also, lawmakers receive $300 a month for expenses related to reaching out to the people they represent, regardless of how much they actually spend and mileage for one round trip home each week the General Assembly is in session.

If they truly were not getting paid, they wouldn't be there.