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What makes special revenue special?

Special revenue collections are a major source of revenue for the Arkansas budget, totaling $1.8 billion in FY2013. However, they are often left out of the budget spotlight because the ways in which these funds are spent have already...

The 2012 Fiscal Session Starts Next Week

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...

This week at the State Capitol: Medicaid worries

Lawmakers have been fast and furiously passing appropriations bills since the fiscal session began, in an attempt to meet their deadline of closing the session by month’s end. Appropriations bills set maximum spending levels for each state agency budget....