Budget pressures have hit the state Supreme Court, and more funding from the Legislature isn’t guaranteed.
Senate Finance Chairman Jason Barrett is pushing back on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals’ call for increased funding to keep Family Treatment Courts open in the state. Barrett says the courts’ budget includes $30 million that could be put toward the successful program and other judicial needs.
“This is just a scare tactic by the Supreme Court,” said Barrett, R-Berkeley. “We shouldn’t overfund any state agency or any branch of government so that they can build up a slush fund to be able to purchase things without Legislative approval.”