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,

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)

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A plan announced Tuesday by Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders means changes are ahead for most state employees. The governor announced an overhaul of the employee pay plan. Sanders said the new plan will streamline career tracks ...