Jason Tolbert has more on a bit of a legislative imbroglio over pay raises for judges and prosecutors. HB1063, which would have given judges a 1.86 percent pay raise – salaries for legislators and those in the executive branch were not increased – has been sent back to the Joint Budget Committee after lawmakers expressed concern about the pay hike given the current economic climate.

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