Kentucky clerk to be paid for time in jail
MOREHEAD, Ky. – Kentucky clerk Kim Davis can collect a paycheck for the days she sat in jail and the week she’s spending at home, resting and reading hundreds of letters from her fans.
Rowan County Attorney Cecil Watkins said paid time off is left to the official’s discretion and “voters will vote you out if you take too much.”
Davis was sent to jail Thursday for defying a series of federal court orders and continuing to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples. She was released Tuesday and announced she will not return to work until Monday.
Davis draws a salary of $80,000.
U.S. ready to accept another 5K refugees
WASHINGTON – The United States is prepared to increase the number of refugees it resettles by at least 5,000 next year as European countries struggle to accommodate tens of thousands of refugees from the Middle East and Africa.
Two officials and a congressional aide said that Secretary of State John Kerry told members of Congress in a private meeting Wednesday that the United States will boost its worldwide quota for resettling refugees from 70,000 to 75,000 next year, and that number could rise. A fraction of those would be from Syria.
Associated Press
