Milwaukee Public Schools teachers are getting a pay raise.
The school board approved a 1.5% raise for teachers in the union starting in July. They will receive another 1% raise in January.
Watch: MPS board approves pay raises for teachers:
MPS school board approves raises for teachers
The district is also working on providing the same raises to non-union workers.
This comes after the district announced a couple of weeks ago that they are hiring 89 new teachers and 63 more paraprofessionals.
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