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Chief Justice: Kentucky Court Workers Need Better Pay

Kentucky Supreme Court

Kentucky Chief Justice John D. Minton says lawmakers need to provide more pay equity for court system employees across the state.

Speaking to lawmakers Friday in Hopkinsville and to reporters on a conference call, Minton says the pay scale for the state judicial system is lagging behind other areas of the government. Minton says the push for better employee pay will be his primary focus when the court's budget request is submitted to lawmakers in November.

Minton says the first pay increases should go to the lower paid employees, some of whom make less than the federal poverty line -- about $23,500 for a family of four.

As chief justice, Minton has administrative oversight of the entire state court system and is responsible for delivering the budget request to lawmakers.

 

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