And as of a couple weeks ago, only about a third of them have been filled. And that number may have gone up a bit. But The big reason we haven't been able to fill those [ARPA] and other vacant ADA positions is because of the pay. And with the ARPA positions, the governor had the ability to actually make a difference and allow us to hire above the minimum pay, but he didn't do that. (18:22–18:29)
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