Salary Proposal Could Result In Huge Payday For Beacon Hill

BOSTON — With House lawmakers poised to vote Wednesday on whether to approve a new pay package that could net public officials big bumps in salary, Speaker Robert DeLeo (D-Winthrop) told reporters Tuesday that the proposal is "not anything new." "This wasn't myself just thinking during the Christmas holiday that this would be a good thing to do," DeLeo said during a media availability held immediately House Democrats finished a closed-door caucus. "This is something I've been hearing about for

BOSTON — With House lawmakers poised to vote Wednesday on whether to approve a new pay package that could net public officials big bumps in salary, Speaker Robert DeLeo (D-Winthrop) told reporters Tuesday that the proposal is "not anything new." "This wasn't myself just thinking during the Christmas holiday that this would be a good thing to do," DeLeo said during a media availability held immediately House Democrats finished a closed-door caucus. "This is something I've been hearing about for…