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Judges and Judiciary

Apr. 17, 2013

Judiciary proposes cuts to audits

The judiciary is pushing several new cost-saving measures, but critics are livid over a proposal to exempt branch from audits in effort to cut expenses.


By Paul Jones


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The state's judicial branch has proposed that its courts and administrative offices be exempt from state agency audits next year to cut costs, an idea that has infuriated some critics who charge the move will allow the branch to escape public accountability.


The proposal is one of several new cost-cutting measures the branch has come up with on top of 11 court fee hikes and service cuts contained in...

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