State Cuts Lead to Court Furloughs

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By Daren Sukhram

Story Created: Feb 11, 2009 at 8:04 PM CST

Story Updated: Feb 11, 2009 at 11:56 PM CST

CEDAR RAPIDS - State budget cuts are affecting the court system. Next Monday all offices for Iowa's sixth judicial district will be closed.

That affects the district court in Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Linn and Tama counties.

All jury trials initially scheduled for Monday are moved to Tuesday.

All other trials and court hearings scheduled for Monday will be rescheduled at a later date.

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