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Attorney General warns 5% cuts would hit personnel after overview of high-stakes litigation
Summary
The Attorney General's Office told the appropriations subcommittee that proposed 5% reductions would mostly affect personnel, highlighting a $2 million vacant-positions cut, a $248,000 fund shift for Medicaid fraud work and a $58,400 removal of a rarely used firearms transaction fund. Officials stressed those reductions would strain high-cost statewide litigation and rising child-exploitation prosecutions.
The appropriations subcommittee heard a budget overview for the Attorney General's Office on Wednesday, including three proposed 5%-reduction items targeted mainly at personnel costs.
Legislative fiscal analyst Nate Osborne summarized the proposals, saying the office is largely general‑funded and personnel driven. "$58,400 was the ongoing amount appropriated" for one underused firearms transaction fund that the analyst proposed to remove, he said. Osborne also described a proposal to replace $248,000 of general‑fund support for the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit with restricted Medicaid ACA funds, and a nearly $2 million ongoing reduction tied to unfilled vacant positions.
Those cuts, Osborne said, reflect a simple principle:…
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