Low Pay Forcing State's Lawyers to Quit ; Ag Says Exodus Hurting Her Department

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Lawyers and prosecutors fed up with low pay are leaving the Department of Law and Public Safety in droves, damaging the state's ability to prosecute crimes and defend itself against lawsuits, the attorney general said Thursday.

"I cannot say it starkly enough," Attorney General Anne Milgram told the Senate Labor committee. "I do not believe the department will continue to succeed unless we solve this problem."

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Low Pay Forcing State's Lawyers to Quit ; Ag Says Exodus Hurting Her Department

Milgram said low wages have made the department an "employer of last resort."

Although private law f...

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