Monday, February 27, 2012

Beebe proposes $163M increase in Arkansas budget

State Department of Finance and Administration Director Richard Weiss prepares to answer legislators' budget questions during a meeting of the Joint Budget Committee in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston) Medicaid and public schools would receive the bulk of a $163 million funding increase in a $4.7 billion budget Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe presented on Tuesday, but lawmakers questioned his decision to not propose granting state employees a pay raise in the coming year.


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