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State spent $9.7M on merit bonuses, retention and pay equity payments in last year

State agencies granted pay increases or one-time bonuses worth an estimated $9.7 million for 4,638 state employees — or about 15 percent of the state workforce — the State Journal found using data provided under the state’s open records law. Fiscal 2016 was the first year in which University of Wisconsin System employees were removed from the state’s civil service system.