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Parson said he hopes the significant pay increase will mean a lower turnover rate for state workers.

The St. Louis County Council dipped into reserves in order to bridge a roughly $40 million budget deficit for 2023.

“This budget is nothing more than a campaign tool for Pritzker and the Democratic Party,” Senate Minority Leader Dan McConchie, R-Hawthorn Woods, said.

The Shrewsbury Democrat also discussed efforts to protect children from sex trafficking and expectations for the rest of the 2022 session.

The $28 million increase in the budget is meant to cover some “one-time costs” the county will incur this year, plus wage increases and county projects that were postponed due to the pandemic.

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