If a half-hour hearing at the State Capitol late Tuesday is any indication, it won’t be easy for the judicial branch to get lawmakers to restore funding for senior judges in Superior Courts.

The Superior Court judges have asked the state Legislature for about $2.2 million in the next fiscal year to fund senior judges, semi-retired members of the judiciary who can hear cases when there is a backlog or a recusal that leaves cases without a judge.

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