31.   Each of the first five quadrennial commissions recommended significant salary increases, but those recommendations went largely ignored.

32.   Employees with high ratings receive aggressive salary increases.

33.   Employees could use the money to buy additional coverage, dependent coverage or just take the money as a salary increase.

34.   Executives of the newly private companies, many of whom ended up with large salary increases, similarly paid the taxes then prevailing.

35.   Florida experienced enrollment levels higher than expected and in Washington, voter-approved initiatives required salary increases for teachers and smaller class sizes, straining the education budget.

36.   Generally, employees had received merit raises and cost-of-living salary increases each year.

37.   Funding was also provided to address negotiated salary increases for trial court and court security personnel.

38.   He proceeded to tell them the salary increase that God had approved.

39.   He denied suggestions that he was opposed to a salary increase for civil servants.

40.   He struck a health care deal that pays for medical programs and salary increases for health care workers in the union headed by the influential Dennis Rivera.