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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Arkansas Politics Special consideration for pay of judges, prosecutors removed from bill

Posted by Max Brantley on Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 9:51 AM

CORRECTION: I've apparently misread reports from the Capitol on Joint Budget action on the legislation covering pay of elected state officials — also including legislators and the statewide officers. It was written to give a 2 per cent pay raise to judges and prosecutors, while holding pay of others flat. The pay raise was removed. I understood incorrectly that the judicial pay would be considered separately, but it appears it was simply removed.

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