Summary:

– State panel raises statewide officials’ pay by 25%+.

– Governor’s increase is 5.4%, superintendent salary doubles.

– Legislature salaries remain unchanged, leadership stipends rise.

OKLAHOMA CITY – A state panel on Wednesday approved raises for future statewide elected officials totaling more than $500,000.

The Statewide Official Compensation Commission voted to increase the pay of statewide elected officials by at least 25%. Only the governor is slated to receive a smaller increase. The next governor will see a 5.4% pay increase, boosting that position’s pay from $147,000 to $155,000. Taxpayers provide the governor with a home and transportation.

The same board, which met for the first time since lawmakers created it, voted to more than double the state superint

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