After a month of preliminary budget hearings, it came as a surprise this week to see a proposal that would cut more than $20 million from the state budget for fiscal year 2013. Rep. John Burris (R – Harrison)...
We are less than a week away from the convening of the 2012 General Assembly. Lawmakers return to Little Rock this month for the “fiscal session” in which they are to consider budget bills to fund state government through...
Jan. 15, 2010 The U.S. Senate returns from recess on Jan. 20 to join the House, which headed back to work this week. Meanwhile, the Arkansas General Assembly this week held budget hearings in advance of Arkansas’ first fiscal...
The Legislature began hearings this week of the Joint Budget Committee as part of the first Fiscal Session that will focus on the state agency budget dubbed the “Big Six.” These agencies include: the Department of Education Public School...