Lansing — A Michigan appointee proposed Wednesday increasing the salaries of state officeholders by 25%, but the commission in charge of recommending wage changes rejected his plan in favor of another that would benefit only Supreme Court justices.
Lawrence Nolan, a lawyer from Okemos and one of seven members of the State Officers Compensation Commission, argued, during a three-hour meeting, the salaries for Attorney General Dana Nessel and the Michigan Supreme Court were unacceptable and fell below the wages for similar positions in other states.
Nessel, the top law enforcement official, and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, the top election official, are paid $112,410 a year. Nolan said he wanted to make "a statement" and "right what has been wrong for the last decade or more."
Michigan has the 12th lowest paid attorney general among the 50 states.
"The wages that are being paid are woefully inadequate and not in line with reasonable compensation for people in commensurate positions," Nolan said after the meeting.
Nolan, who was appointed to the commission by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, proposed a 25% across the board salary increase for Nessel, Benson, Whitmer, the Supreme Court and the 148 members of the state Legislature.
Under Nolan's plan, state lawmakers would go from making $71,685 a year to $89,606 a year. The governor would increase from $159,300 to $199,125.
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