The Legislature's Joint Budget Committee on Thursday authorized the transfer of $1 million apiece from the state's restricted reserve fund in the current fiscal year to the Arkansas Public Defenders Commission and the prosecutor coordinator's office to hire 45 more attorneys each in an attempt to reduce the backlog of cases in the state's courts amid the covid-19 pandemic.
The Legislature's Joint Budget Committee on Thursday authorized the transfer of $1 million apiece from the state's restricted reserve fund in the current fiscal year to the Arkansas Public Defenders Commission and the prosecutor coordinator's office to hire 45 more attorneys each in an attempt to reduce the backlog of cases in the state's courts amid the covid-19 pandemic.