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Dawson County officials likely are breathing a big sigh of relief.The county apparently has avoided a potential loss of millions of dollars in state and federal funding.During an initial work session two weeks ago on the 2023-2024 budget, members of the county commissioners court were told that county revenue received from multiple grants was in serious jeopardy.That’s because the disposition rate on criminal cases filed in Dawson County – including both county and district court – from 2017 to 2021 stood at only 89 percent.County Judge Foy O’Brien and Treasurer Terry Stahl said at the time that a 90-percent disposition ...

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Lamesa Press-Reporter

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