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Pay dispute casts pall on sister act

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Pay dispute casts pall on sister act

The classic movie “White Christmas” features an Irving Berlin song that goes, “Sister, sisters, there never were such devoted sisters … those who've seen us, know that not a thing can come between us.”

It's a fair bet, however, that the song is not being sung these days in the households of either Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane, or her twin sister, Ellen Granahan, the state's chief deputy attorney general.

That's because Ms. Granahan has filed a wage and gender discrimination complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the Office of Attorney General, according to news reports. The complaint, which was filed in December, was publicized this week.

According to the reports, Ms. Granahan who has worked in the department since 2008, about five years before Ms. Kane was elected attorney general, says her $88,509 annual salary is 17% to 37% lower than that paid to male and female agency lawyers with similar titles.

Neither Ms. Kane nor Ms. Granahan is commenting on the issue, according to the reports.