Texas Supreme Court Head’s legislative priorities include raising judge pay 30%

AUSTIN (Nexstar) – For the first time since being appointed to serve as the Texas Supreme Court’s Chief Justice in January, Jimmy Blacklock laid out the priorities he’d like to see the Texas legislature take up in 2025.An across-the-board pay raiseBlacklock opened his priority list with a big ask of the Texas legislature: increase all judge pay by 30% this session to hire and retain the best talent. Blacklock said the judiciary hasn’t had a pay increase since 2013 and ran