Board votes to boost Oklahoma lawmaker's pay 35% to $47,500

The board that sets the salaries of Oklahoma lawmakers voted Tuesday to boost legislative pay by 35% next year, just two years after cutting lawmakers' pay.Jake Lowrey, spokesman for the Office of Management & Enterprise Services, said the Legislative Compensation Board cut legislators' pay by 8.8% in 2017.Board Chairman Wes Milbourn said at the time that Oklahomans were frustrated with the Legislature.