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 in an Olympia hotel.
Commissioners did agree, however, to give state lawmakers, along with the superintendent of public instruction, treasurer, and commissioner of public lands increases of 2% on July 1, 2027 and another 2% on July 1, 2028. Judges, including state Supreme Court justices, would also receive 2% hikes next July and 2% a year later…