“The financial strain of COVID-19 demands a hard look at government spending,” Yost stated in a release. “My office will continue to do its part to relieve the pressure weighing on the state’s budget.”
Yost’s reductions include the remaining dollars from an unused government grant program.
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The reductions amount to more than 5 percent of the funding the AG’s office receives through the state’s general revenue fund.
Fiscal year 2020 comes to an end on June 30.
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