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Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Jan 7, 2016

The Daily News Journal reports the Rutherford County Commission may raise the litigation tax by $3.65 to cover the salary and benefits of General Sessions Court judges. "It's a user fee," Lisa Nolen, county finance director, said of the proposed increase. General Sessions Court judges received an annual salary of $158,636 in the previous fiscal year that ended June 30. This fiscal year's salary for General Sessions Court judges Ben Hall McFarlin, Barry Tidwell and Toby Gilley is $161,175. State law set the salary and required a 1.6 percent increase due to inflation.