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Senate reviews Attorney General’s budget; FTEs, litigation pool, lab and cyber needs discussed
Summary
The Senate took up the Attorney General’s budget (House Bill 1003), examining staffing requests, litigation funding and crime-lab equipment, and discussing resource needs if a new guardianship oversight statute becomes law.
The Senate appropriations Government Operations Division took testimony on the Attorney General’s 2025–27 budget (House Bill 1003). Deputy Attorney General Claire Ness, Attorney General office finance director Becky Keller, BCI Director Lonnie Grabowski, and staff briefed senators on staffing, operating needs, and optional decision packages.
FTE requests and staffing: - The Attorney General requested 15 new FTE in its original submission. The Armstrong executive budget included funding for five of those positions; the House approved four positions (evidence technician, Medicaid fraud control unit attorney, executive staff officer, and a tobacco compliance auditor). The department said the evidence technician and Medicaid fraud control attorney had strong support because substantial federal funding covers part of those roles. - Several existing vacant positions were discussed. Some vacancies (for example, a paralegal-to-attorney reclassification and other attorney vacancies) have been actively recruited; the…
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