The two candidates vying to replace Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager in November have starkly different approaches to tackling crime in the state.But there’s one thing they agree on: both say they’ll fire the state’s “solicitor general” and shift the money from his office to the state crime lab.But a national expert says moving those dollars would be counter-productive.Gil Halsted reports…
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