Judges and Judiciary,
Government
Mar. 29, 2018
State’s attorneys, judges welcome hiked US spending on courts
The $184 million increase includes higher juror fees and hourly rates of indigent-client defense attorneys,
President Donald Trump places his hand on a spending bill, which he announced he would sign, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, in Washington, on March 23. The bill contained $184 million in increased spending for the federal judiciary. On the left: Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Vice President Mike Pence.
The $184 million increase to federal judiciary spending contained in the budget bill passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump is welcome maintenance funding that will raise juror fees and the hourly rates of indigent-client defense attorneys, court administrators and attorneys in California say.
Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, signed last Friday, federal courts nationwide will receive $7.1 billion in...
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