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Debate grows over judges’ pay as senators question timing amid budget squeeze; indefinite‑postpone motion fails on first vote
Summary
Senator Machaela Boson carried LB 513, a proposal to raise judges’ pay (the committee trimmed the request to a 1.5% increase). Proponents said the modest increase preserves a competitive pool for judicial vacancies; opponents including Senator Carol Conrad and others argued the state is in a structural budget deficit and the timing was wrong,
The Legislature debated LB 513, a bill to raise judicial salaries, and a motion to indefinitely postpone the bill drew sustained debate and failed on an initial voice/roll call. The bill and a committee amendment calling for a 1.5% salary increase drew both support and opposition on floor policy and fiscal grounds.
What the bill would do: Chair of the Judiciary Committee Senator Machaela Boson introduced LB 513 as the regular biennial judges’ compensation bill. The committee trimmed an initial request to a 1.5% increase in wages and accounted for higher state employee health‑insurance costs in the committee amendment. Boson said…
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