SC: Some magistrates may be double-dipping

By   /  August 22, 2012  /  Judiciary, News, South Carolina, State Budgets, State Government  /  Comments Off

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By Rick Brundrett | The Nerve
COLUMBIA — Some South Carolina county magistrates might be double-dipping by serving as local municipal judges — and getting paid for it — while they are still on the clock for their magistrate duties, according to the state’s top judge.
In a July 23 memo obtained by The Nerve, South Carolina [...]

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Taxpayers to pay $325 an hour for Branstad to hire attorney

By   /  January 17, 2012  /  Governor, News, State Budgets, State Government, Statehouse News Online, Top State News  /  No Comments

By Lynn Campbell  |  IowaPolitics.com
DES MOINES — For the second time in five months, Iowa taxpayers will spend several hundred dollars an hour for the state to hire a private attorney to defend Republican Gov. Terry Branstad and his staff against a lawsuit.

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