Time has run out for inevitability. That’s no surprise, given that inevitability is a certainty. The problem is, time is not all that is limited in the case of Texarkana, Ark., police parity pay. Parity inevitably is about to outpace prosperity.

Texarkana, Texas, officials, crunching numbers on an upcoming budget, have proposed funneling about $400,000 into the police salary scale. Their study of similarly sized cities in East Texas reveals Texarkana, Texas, has fallen behind fairly significantly. Officials don’t want to risk losing good police prospects to nearly cities, so they a...

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