Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday proposed a $102 million overhaul of the pay plan for state employees, a change that her office said will raise compensation for more than 14,000 state workers.
Sanders said the changes are aimed at bringing state employees up to compensation rates paid in the private sector and are targeted at positions facing chronic shortages such as correctional officers, state troopers, nurse and social service workers.
The governor also talked about where the money for the raises will come from.
The proposal also reduces the number of job titles from about 2,200 to just over 800. It also expands the number of pay tables to six.
