The state government’s bill for private attorneys has stabilized in the past few years after more than doubling since 1995. In the past two fiscal years, spending on private-sector lawyers actually declined slightly, coming in at just over $37 million in the past fiscal year.
As lawmakers wrestle with huge revenue shortfalls, some candidates in the attorney general race have called for cutting the number of special assistant attorneys general, also known as SAAGs.
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