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Arkansas lawmakers approve $6.3 billion budget bill as session wraps up
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.
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FAYETTEVILLE — Ryan Silverfield will be officially introduced as the 35th head coach of Arkansas football on Thursday, Dec. 4.
That’s when Silverfield will have his first press conference. The media session is scheduled for 1 p.m. Four hours later, Silverfield will be introduced to the public with a celebration inside the Walker Pavilion. That event is free to attend, with doors opening at 4 p.m.
Razorbacks athletic director Hunter Yurachek will also take part in Silverfield’s press conference with the local media.
Silverfield arrives in Arkansas after spending the previous decade at Memphis. He worked his way from assistant to head coach, taking over as the Tigers’ leader after Mike Norvell left for Florida State in 2019.
In six full seasons as the Memphis coach, Silverfield went 50-25, including a pair of 10-plus win seasons in 2023 and 2024. He earned bowl eligibility in all six years.
With eight wins this season, Memphis has posted 29 victories over the last three seasons to be among the nation’s top-15 programs in wins.
Before Memphis, Silverfield had stints at the high school, college and NFL ranks. He served as an assistant coach for the Detroit Lions and the Minnesota Vikings and spent time at Jacksonville, UCF, Toledo and Arizona State.
Arkansas craves the kind of consistent winning Silverfield experienced with the Tigers. The Hogs are coming off a 2-10 campaign under the combination of Pittman and interim coach Bobby Petrino. In their past three seasons, the Razorbacks have a combined record of 13-24 overall. That mark drops to 4-20 in the SEC.
Jackson Fuller covers Arkansas football, basketball and baseball for the Southwest Times Record, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at jfuller@usatodayco.com or follow him@jacksonfuller16 on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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Ella McCarthy covers state politics and the state Supreme Court. Before joining the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, she covered Austin City Hall for the Austin American-Statesman, and before that, held a fellowship with ABC News in Washington, D.C., where she covered national politics. A graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism, her work has been recognized by the Hearst Foundation, the Missouri Press Association and LION Publishers in the LION local journalism awards. She contributed to the Statesman’s coverage of a two-city shooting rampage that won a national Edward R. Murrow Award for breaking news coverage.
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