After failing to get support from the Senate, the House has pulled a line item to cut 318 positions within State Attorney’s Offices.

Those cuts, which would have affected positions remaining vacant for at least 90 days, would have saved nearly $18.2 million, per an earlier House proposal. But the Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice failed to sign onto those cuts.

In the newest offer from the House Justice Budget Subcommittee , that line item is now blank.

The item has not yet been grayed out in the latest budget offer, meaning it’s still subject to change before the final budget is agreed upon.

Some items related to State Attorney’s Offices have been locked in, however. The chambers are agreeing to put $940,000 toward Planning, Accounting, and Ledger M

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