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Transcript: Budget Cuts, Bigger Work Load Cramp State Courts
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- March 27, 2008
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STEVE INSKEEP
NPR Morning Edition
03-27-2008
Budget Cuts, Bigger Work Load Cramp State Courts
Host: STEVE INSKEEP
Time 10:00-11:00 AM
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STEVE INSKEEP, host:
It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep.
RENEE MONTAGNE, host:
And I'm Renee Montagne.
The economic downturn has reached the courts. State courts are being asked to cut back, even though traditionally, court workloads get heavier during hard times.
NPR's Ari Shapiro has this report.
ARI SHAPIRO: Every state has its own method for funding the court system. So trying to figure out what's happening nationally inevitably means figuring out what's happening in each of the 50 states, which is exactly ...