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Employee Benefits Division Announces Open Enrollment for Active State and Public School Employees 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media ContactBrooke HollowoaDirector of Marketing and Communicationsbrooke.hollowoa@arkansas.gov501-534-3057 Little Rock, Arkansas— The Arkansas Department of Transformation and Shared Services Employee Benefits Division (EBD) is pleased to announce the open enrollment period for active state and public school employees, which will run from October 1 through October 31, 2024. During this time, employees will have

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09/03/2024
Personnel Management

Arkansas Department of the Military’s reduction in force will affect 48 employees

August 21, 2024 by Michael R. Wickline | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette The Arkansas Department of Military is implementing a reduction in force affecting 48 employees due to the closure and non-renewal of federal funding for the Arkansas Youth Challenge program, a legislative panel learned Wednesday. The Department of Military submitted a list of 50 employees affected

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08/22/2024
Personnel Management

185 state employees in executive branch receive raises of at least $10,000, including 73 in attorney general’s office

Records show pay bumps of at least $10,000 August 18, 2024 | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette One hundred and eighty-five employees who work for executive branch agencies and other offices and agencies outside of the state’s colleges and universities received raises of at least $10,000 in fiscal 2025 that started July 1. Seventy-three work for the attorney

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08/19/2024
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Boston firm gets $8.85M contract to aid Arkansas’ $1 billion broadband push

June 30, 2024 by Michael R. Wickline | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette The Arkansas Department of Commerce has awarded a two-year, $8.85 million contract to the Boston Consulting Group to assist the Arkansas State Broadband Office with the execution of the federal Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program under which Arkansas has been awarded a $1.024 billion

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07/01/2024

478 Arkansas employees approved for pay raises above maximum authorized salaries

June 21, 2024 by Michael R. Wickline | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette The Arkansas Legislative Council on Friday authorized nearly 480 state employees to receive merit pay raises and their resulting salaries to exceed their positions’ maximum-authorized salaries in fiscal year 2025 that starts July 1. These employees include Arkansas PBS CEO Courtney Pledger, whose anticipated new

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06/21/2024
Personnel Management

Governor OKs pay increases for executive branch employees

June 14, 2024 by Michael R. Wickline | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has authorized a one-time 3% market adjustment pay increase for state government’s executive branch employees that will go into effect within several days, Sanders announced Friday. The Republican governor also announced she has authorized a 1% base salary merit raise for

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06/17/2024
Building Authority

Panel holds off on recommendation on new home for Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System

June 6, 2024 by Josh Snyder | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette A subcommittee of the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System’s board voted Thursday to delay making a recommendation on where the system should move its offices until a consulting firm’s report on the efficiency of the state agencies is published. The Investment Finance Subcommittee, chaired by system trustee

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06/07/2024
Employee Benefits

State Board of Finance endorses proposed health insurance plan that would cut rates for current state employees, slightly raise rates for most retirees

May 22, 2024 by Michael R. Wickline | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Most current employees in the state’s health insurance plan for state employees will pay less than they currently do, and most retirees will pay slightly more, under proposed changes for calendar year 2025 that won the endorsement of the state Board of Finance on Wednesday.

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05/23/2024
Building Authority

The Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System’s investments reaches total value of $11.43 billion

May 15, 2024 by Michael R. Wickline | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette The Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System’s investments gained about $477 million in value during the last quarter to $11.43 billion, an investment consultant reported to the system’s board of trustees on Wednesday. The system’s investment return in the quarter that ended March 31 was 4.85%,

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05/16/2024

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