BOSTON (WHDH) - Governor Maura Healey signed a new bill to give court-appointed attorneys a pay raise in hopes of ending a work stoppage.
The State House said the bill will give the Committee for Public Counsel Services $40 million to hire hundreds of new public defenders.
The bill will also give court-appointed attorneys a $20-per-hour raise over two years, an amount many of the attorneys say is not enough.
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