A state committee has voted to give Arkansas' full-time prosecutors a 23 percent pay raise.
The Independent Citizens Commission on Wednesday gave final approval to its plan raise salaries for the state's 25 full-time prosecutors from $123,162 a year to $152,000. The commission also has called for raising pay for three prosecutors who are allowed to also work in private practice from $103,058 year to $129,200.
No one spoke for or against the proposal at a public hearing before Wednesday's vote.
The commission was created through a voter-approved constitutional amendment to review and adjust salaries for the state's top elected officials. In March, it voted to more than double legislators' salaries and granted substantial pay raises to constitutional officers and judges.
