State lawmakers on Monday approved hiking the taxpayer-funded salaries for themselves and future governors to rates that would rank among the highest in the nation. The Democratic-controlled state Senate and Assembly passed a bill that would raise the pay for several public posts in the Garden State. The move came over the objections of Republicans on the final voting day of the lame-duck legislative session, five days after the measure was introduced. It’s now up to Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, to decide whether to sign it into law. Murphy is expected to, with his office having negotiated th…