THU PM Update: DOA’s Brennan asks JFC not to cut state jobs that were left open due to pandemic

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-- DOA Secretary Joel Brennan today raised concerns with Joint Finance Committee co-chairs over efforts to cut vacant state jobs, arguing unfilled positions were meant to save money at the outset of the pandemic and never meant to be permanent reductions.
Brennan wrote to the co-chairs the state implemented a hiring freeze a year ago to deal with the uncertainty of the burgeoning pandemic. But the state is now on solid footing financially. In January, the Legislative Fiscal Bureau projected the state would finish the current f...