Legislative leadership says they are still working out ways to make some sort of employee bonus or incentive package pass this year.
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There’s a $105 million hole in next year’s budget. But state employee bonuses don’t appear to be in any danger.
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Legislators like Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey and Senate Democratic Leader Jim Kyle weigh in on giving state employees and teachers as much as a 3 percent bonus this year. House caucus leaders and chairs of Finance, Ways and Means committees also chime in on whether it’s a good idea, and what it means for state employees now on a pay freeze.
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Is now a good time for Tennessee to be handing out government-employee bonuses? Absolutely, say Democrats. Republicans want to think on it some. Taxpayers might be forgiven for perceiving some “contradictions,” they say.
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