Monday, July 12, 2010

Counties worry about how to deal with cuts to funding for salaries

Proposed cuts to state reimbursements for salaries of public defenders and state's attorneys throughout the state have local county officials concerned about ramifications on upcoming budget planning.

State reimbursements are supposed to pay for two-thirds of these officials' salaries, but Quinn's proposed budget cut $8.5 million from the $14 million line items for state's attorney reimbursements and more than $3 million from the $5.7 million allocated for public defenders

Counties worry about how to deal with cuts to funding for salaries

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