Should Lawmakers Be Paid More?

The primary justification that's given for so-called Friends Committees is to help cover an elected official's costs of being an elected official. By an article of the constitution, New Hampshire lawmakers are paid a hundred dollars a year for their service. That rate was set in 1889. Some people would like to bring those numbers up to date and have introduced the constitutional amendments that would be needed.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Jon Greenberg has more.