Post by pavel on Apr 11, 2016 19:47:29 GMT -6
LITTLE ROCK—Days after wrapping up a session focused on the state's hybrid Medicaid expansion, Arkansas lawmakers are meeting again to tackle the state's budget and a renewed fight over the program that is covering thousands of low-income residents.
The House and Senate are set to convene Wednesday for an abbreviated fiscal session where they'll work on the state's budget for the coming year. Part of the session will include a fight with opponents of the hybrid expansion who have vowed to block its funding.
Here's a look at the fiscal session and the issues facing lawmakers in the coming weeks:
What's a fiscal session?
Before a constitutional amendment voters approved in 2008 requiring the Legislature to meet annually, the state's budget was crafted every two years by lawmakers.
Read more: www.texarkanagazette.com/news/arkansas/story/2016/apr/11/lawmakers-focus-state-budget/420621/
The House and Senate are set to convene Wednesday for an abbreviated fiscal session where they'll work on the state's budget for the coming year. Part of the session will include a fight with opponents of the hybrid expansion who have vowed to block its funding.
Here's a look at the fiscal session and the issues facing lawmakers in the coming weeks:
What's a fiscal session?
Before a constitutional amendment voters approved in 2008 requiring the Legislature to meet annually, the state's budget was crafted every two years by lawmakers.
Read more: www.texarkanagazette.com/news/arkansas/story/2016/apr/11/lawmakers-focus-state-budget/420621/