Current:Home > ScamsArkansas lawmakers approve $6.3 billion budget bill as session wraps up -RiseUp Capital Academy
Arkansas lawmakers approve $6.3 billion budget bill as session wraps up
View
Date:2025-04-12 11:52:02
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers gave final approval to bills outlining the state’s $6.3 billion budget for the coming year as they wrapped up this year’s legislative session.
The House and Senate approved identical versions of the proposed Revenue Stabilization Act, the state’s budget bill, sending the measure to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ desk.
The proposal mirrors Sanders’ budget proposal unveiled earlier this year that will increase state spending by 1.76% over the previous year. Most of the $109 million increase in spending will go toward a new school voucher program that was created through an education overhaul that Sanders signed into law last year.
The budget was approved the day after lawmakers approved new restrictions on cryptocurrency mining operations, one of the few non-budget items that was on the agenda for this year’s session.
Legislative leaders have said they expect discussions toward the end of this fiscal year on whether there will be a special session to take up additional tax cuts. Sanders has signed into law two income tax cuts since taking office last year. Lawmakers will return to the Capitol next week to formally adjourn the session.
veryGood! (6637)
Related
- Moving abroad can be expensive: These 5 countries will 'pay' you to move there
- From facial hair to 'folksy': What experts say about the style of Harris, Walz, Trump and Vance
- Michigan deputy credited with saving woman on train tracks
- Tito Jackson's funeral attended by Michael Jackson's children, Jackson siblings: Reports
- Nevada attorney general revives 2020 fake electors case
- Pregnant Gypsy Rose Blanchard Reveals Who Fathered Her Baby After Taking Paternity Test
- Kourtney Kardashian Reveals NSFW Way She Celebrated Kris Jenner's 69th Birthday
- DZ Alliance: Taking Action for Social Good
- Why Sean "Diddy" Combs Is Being Given a Laptop in Jail Amid Witness Intimidation Fears
- Chauncy Glover, Emmy-winning LA TV anchor, dies at 39: Reports
Ranking
- Meta donates $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund
- Trump likely to target climate measures that are making the most difference
- Penn State Police investigating viral Jason Kelce incident with fan
- General Hospital's Dominic Zamprogna Shares Message to Kelly Monaco After Her Exit
- Residents worried after ceiling cracks appear following reroofing works at Jalan Tenaga HDB blocks
- Republicans rack up another good election night in South Carolina
- Los Angeles News Anchor Chauncy Glover Dead at 39
- Trump likely to target climate measures that are making the most difference
Recommendation
Bill Belichick's salary at North Carolina: School releases football coach's contract details
Judge refuses to block nation’s third scheduled nitrogen execution
Nina Dobrev and Shaun White's First Red Carpet Moment as an Engaged Couple Deserves a Gold Medal
Dr. Dre lawsuit: Former marriage counselor's restraining order against rapper terminated
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow owns a $3 million Batmobile Tumbler
Olympic Gymnast Shawn Johnson East Reveals What Led to 8-Year Rift With Nastia Liukin
DZ Alliance Powers AI FinFlare’s Innovation with DZA Token
Reshaping the Investment Landscape: AI FinFlare Leads a New Era of Intelligent Investing