PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders put pen to paper Monday, signing into a law a bill that would force Jefferson County to operate based on its previous year’s budget until a new budget was passed.
Since then, Jefferson County employees have been eagerly waiting to see if and when their paycheck, which they’ve been waiting more than a month for, would finally come through.
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The Jefferson County Clerk’s Office confirmed that all county employees were paid before the end of business day on Tuesday.
“When you show up to a job every day you expect compensation when payday rolls around,” Jefferson County employee Elizabeth Vanhousen said.
Vanhousen said it’s been a very emotional journey for her.
“My boys have asked me repeatedly, have you gotten paid yet? When are you getting paid? Momma? I need this, and I don’t have an answer for them,” Vanhousen said.
Vanhousen is a single mother of three boys and she said she is relieved to go home and finally tell them their mom was paid.
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“I feel like I’m still raw from, from it all,” Vanhousen said.
She said a stressful time turned better after a paycheck was in hand.
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