WED PM Update: Pandemic leads to decline in 2020 per diem payments for Legislature

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From WisPolitics.com ... -- Lawmakers in 2020 claimed per diems totaling $555,149, about 70 percent of what they took home in the previous election year, as the COVID-19 pandemic cut into activity at the Capitol. Overall, lawmakers claimed 5,498 days of per diem in 2020, compared to 8,347 in 2018. The Assembly had largely wrapped up its work when Gov. Tony...