Pawlenty budget includes cuts to courts
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The Stearns County courthouse in St. Cloud.
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Judges and other court staffers are concerned about Gov. Pawlenty's proposal to trim state spending to cover a projected $1 billion budget shortfall.
Pawlenty's plan would reduce state funding of district courts by about $7 million a year, or around 2.8 percent.
MPR's Cathy Wurzer talked with Chief Judge William Johnson, from the state's 3rd judicial district in southeastern Minnesota.
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