A legislative panel on Thursday endorsed Arkansas State University s request to create a dean of veterinary medicine post with a maximum-authorized salary of $350,000 a year.
A limit on state hiring enacted by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders last month has kept public defenders across Arkansas from filling vacancies, straining attorneys already managing caseloads above national standards.
The Legislature s Joint Budget Committee on Tuesday signed off on larger salaries for four department secretaries and two deputy directors at the state Department of Human Services, and increased pay ranges for five of the governor s staffers.
The budget committee’s personnel subcommittee had recommended that the budget committee approve the changes that were requested by Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ administration.
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