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Minnesota District Judges Association outlines four priorities: pay, pensions, safety and compensation timing
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The Minnesota District Judges Association presented four legislative priorities to the committee: judicial-branch compensation, pension funding, judicial safety and changes to the compensation-council process and timing.
Representatives of the Minnesota District Judges Association (MDJA) testified before the Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee about four legislative priorities for the 2025 session: judicial-branch compensation, pension funding, judicial safety and changes to the compensation-council statute and timeline.
Judge Mary Mahler, MDJA president and a district-court judge from Stearns County, described the association's mission and said the group represents more than 300 district court judges statewide. She and Judge Richard Kyle (Ramsey County) emphasized that MDJA supports the Judicial Branch's compensation request and urged the committee to consider pay adjustments to recruit and retain…
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