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Attorney General outlines budget requests, litigation posture and public‑safety priorities
Summary
Attorney General Marty Jackley briefed the Joint Appropriations Committee on a $41.17 million FY26 request including two additional FTEs (a consumer protection investigator and an attorney for inmate prosecutions), major litigation activity (Meta, TikTok), continued opioid/tobacco settlement oversight and rising controlled‑substance caseloads.
Attorney General Marty Jackley presented the Office of the Attorney General's FY26 budget to the Joint Appropriations Committee and detailed staffing, litigation and program priorities, including two requested FTEs and ongoing high‑priority prosecutions.
Jackley told the committee the AG's total FY26 request is $41,167,000 and asked for two additional FTEs: a consumer protection investigator to handle a rise in consumer contacts (about 68,000 contacts last year, up from 64,000) and an attorney to handle prosecutions arising in Department of Corrections facilities. "I'm asking you for a 6th [consumer investigator]," he said, and described 117 prosecutions linked to the penitentiary that he said now fall to the attorney general under statute.
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