The governor announced an overhaul of the employee pay plan. Sanders said the new plan will streamline career tracks, consolidate job titles, and increase state employee pay to labor market rates. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announce $5 million to expand support for mental health, substance abuse fight

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced a restructure of the state’s pay plan for its employees across all agencies Tuesday. The overhaul will raise some salaries to labor market rates, clarify the promotion ladders in each agency and consolidate roughly 2,

A new state employee pay plan will be proposed at the state's legislative session next year, Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said at a news conference Tuesday. Why it matters: The plan will cost about $100 million,

On Tuesday, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced a new state employee pay plan that will "bring state employee pay up to labor market rates."

Average salaries would increase 9.8% for 14,539 state employees, or about two-thirds of cabinet agencies’ total workforce, under a $102 million state employee pay plan announced Tuesday (Nov. 12)