Lawmakers approve raises for the governor and other officers

West Virginia’s House of Delegates this week approved pay raises for the governor and the state’s five other constitutional officers. The bill passed the House 73-22 and now goes to the state Senate. On Tuesday, delegates passed an amendment offered by Taylor County Republican Delegate Amy Summers limiting the raises to 20%: $180,000 for the governor and $115,000 for the state agriculture commissioner, attorney general, auditor, secretary of state and state treasurer. A version approved by the House Finance Committee would have raised the governor’s salary by 33% to $200,000 and the constitutional officers by 58% to $150,000.