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Iowa: State Ads 752 Employees During Hiring Freeze November 9, 2009

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From the DesMoinesRegister:

Most of the hires are for front-line workers, such as those at residential treatment centers or correctional officers and nurses in the state’s prisons. But a handful of the jobs represent high-level executive or managerial positions, including Culver’s chief of staff, a $254,000-a-year administrator in the state’s corrections department, and executive positions in the state’s natural resources and finance departments.

The eight highest-paid new employees make more than the governor, whose salary is $130,000. The top 10 will collect more than $1.5 million in base pay annually, records show.

“This is unconscionable,” said Senate Republican Leader Paul McKinley of Chariton. “Government has grown too big, and the governor puts one face on for the public and does exactly the opposite. That’s why we’re in a mess.”

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