Oklahoma's 149 state senators and representatives will learn if they get their pay cut after a state committee meets to review the lawmakers' salary and benefits package.
The Legislative Compensation Board will meet Thursday afternoon to consider whether to raise, lower or keep the salaries the same. The panel met last month, and some of its nine members said they should consider reducing the $38,400 annual base salary for Oklahoma's part-time legislators. State officials say that when benefits are included, the total average total annual compensation for legislators is $62,000.
Chairman Wes Milbourn, the general manager of two Oklahoma City television stations, suggested during a meeting last month that the public is frustrated the Legislature after years of budget problems. Milbourn was appointed to the panel by Gov. Mary Fallin.