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District Attorney urges $22M‑plus funding request, cites state underpayment and legal remedies
Summary
District Attorney Hiller Moore and CPA John Daly told the Metro Council the DA’s office is chronically underfunded compared with peers, proposed millage options and legislative fixes, and warned that continuing shortfalls could force legal action to compel parish funding.
District Attorney Hiller Moore introduced John Daly, the office CPA, to present the DA’s budget case to the Metro Council. Daly said East Baton Rouge’s district attorney’s office is underfunded on a per‑capita basis compared with Jefferson and Orleans parishes and that personnel costs — which can total 85–95% of the DA’s expenditures — drive the majority of the budget request.
Daly said the DA’s 2026 personnel request would substantially increase capacity; he described a proposal that included a millage option (discussed as a 3‑…
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