What a Billion Extra Dollars Might Mean

KUAF | By Kyle Kellams

Published June 8, 2021 at 12:33 PM CDT

The Arkansas budget surplus is in record territory. Roby Brock, with our partner Talk Business and Politics, asks John Brummett, columnist with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, what that surplus might mean for the state.

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