IN DEPTH REPORTING: Who Decides When Knox County Commissioners Get a Raise?

A 6% county employee pay increase also raised commissioner and school board salaries. Archived budgets show the mechanism is not new. A 2020 Tennessee law now raises a question Knox County has not yet

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Sep 19, 2026

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A 6% county employee pay increase also raised commissioner and school board salaries. Archived budgets show the mechanism is not new. A 2020 Tennessee law now raises a question Knox County has not yet answered.

By Brandon Burley | The Redemption Project Newsroom

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knox County’s June budget fight began with a familiar argument over governm…

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