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Nevada Supreme Court faces budget shortfall

Noel King Apr 3, 2015
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Nevada Supreme Court faces budget shortfall

Noel King Apr 3, 2015
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Nevada’s Chief Justice says the court is facing a funding shortfall of $700,000. He blamed the deficit on police issuing fewer traffic and parking tickets. Many people in Nevada were unaware that the state’s highest court relies on lead-footed drivers to keep it fiscally afloat. Critics say tying court funding to the issuance of tickets could create a quota system in which police officers feel compelled to hand out higher numbers of tickets. 

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