Legislative committee recommends salary increase for state workers

State workers would receive a 1 percent salary increase next year — their first raise since 2008 — and state police officers would get a 3 percent pay hike under a legislative committee's budget recommendations.

The Legislative Finance Committee released budget proposals Wednesday for spending about $5.9 billion on public education and government programs in the 2014 fiscal year starting July 1. That's an increase of about 4 percent or $232 million. 

The panel's recommendations serve as a foundation for budget decisions during the legislative session that starts next week. The salary increases would cost about $32 million.

Legislative committee recommends salary increase for state workers