Deeds Calls for Tax Hike to Fund Law Enforcement Pay Raises and School Construction
Sandy Hausman reports Senator Creigh Deeds wants lawmakers to raise the income tax to pay for school construction and boost salaries for law enforcement. Credit Creigh Deeds Senator Creigh Deeds has served in the General Assembly for thirty years, and as long as he can remember there’s been talk of giving sheriff’s deputies a raise. New hires earn, on average, less than $23,000 a year. “Some of the legislature have talked about deputies who receive food stamps," he recalls. "They aren’t compensated very well, and it’s time for us to talk about ways to pay for it.”