Legislators grab judgeships for home turf despite greater needs elsewhere 
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Published: April 16, 2012
Tags: General Assembly, Judgeships
Two members of the General Assembly took care of their own when deciding which jurisdictions in Virginia would get judges in budget conference negotiations.
House and Senate budget conferees last week decided to unfreeze 23 judgeships across the state and looked to caseload statistics to determine where the need was greatest (see the chart).
But two members ...
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