INDIANAPOLIS | State Sen. Lonnie Randolph, D-East Chicago, wants a paycheck.
State lawmakers, like other state workers, are required to receive their pay via direct deposit or through electronic transfer onto a debit card.
That doesn't make any sense, Randolph said.
"We're right here. We're here every day. Why can't they just give it to us," Randolph asked.
Unlike other state employees, however, Randolph is in a position to do something about it.
He's filed Senate Bill 123, legislation that would allow state lawmakers to request receipt of their pay by warrant, state government's term for a check.
His proposal has been referred to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, which has yet to hold a hearing on the legislation.
Randolph left the state Senate in 1998 to serve as judge of the East Chicago City Court. He returned to his old seat in 2008. -- By Dan Carden, The Times
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