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Last year, the financially strapped State Bar made the decision to cut costs by replacing the test questions developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ Multistate Bar Examination, which does not allow remote testing.

At least 90 people have been diagnosed with E. coli in a multistate outbreak that health officials say likely stems from onions served on McDonald’s Quarter Pounders.

It also raises questions about how transparent State Bar officials were as they sought to ditch the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ Multistate Bar Examination — a system used by most states — and roll out a new hybrid model of in-person and remote testing in an effort to cut costs.

Last year, as the State Bar faced a $22-million deficit in its general fund, it decided to cut costs by ditching the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ Multistate Bar Examination, a system used by most states, and move to a new hybrid model of in-person and remote testing.

The Pacific Fishery Management Council, a multistate, quasi-federal body, is expected to decide in April after a series of meetings whether there will be a limited fishing season or none at all.