The Joint Budget Committee on Thursday endorsed a proposal from the House and Senate to pay one-time $5,000 stipends to certified law enforcement officers at higher education institutions, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, the Arkansas Department of Transformation and Shared Services, the Arkansas Department of Agriculture, the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, and the secretary of state.
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders will not support a broad-based pay plan increase in state government s employee classification and compensation bill, she announced Wednesday afternoon.