Mississippi 16th Circuit judges are seeking a pay increase for their court reporters. Last week, Judges Lee Howard and Jim Kitchens went before the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors to petition support for the raises, which would increase court reporters' annual pay from $52,900 to as much as $64,000. The pay increase would represent the third tier in a three-tiered series of pay raises that began in 2015, after that pay schedule received state legislative approval. The 16th Circuit's counties approved the first step in 2015, but did not approve the second in 2016. The pay increase, if a....MORE
