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Rep. Duncan Baird, R-Lowell, is interviewed after a meeting of the Joint Budget Committee at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, March 6, 2014. The committee endorsed a plan by House and Senate leaders to whittle down the list of requests to use a projected $125 million surplus for various projects. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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Arkansas House Speaker Davy Carter, R-Cabot, listens to discussion about the state budget in a meeting of the Joint Budget Committee at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, March 6, 2014. Arkansas lawmakers advanced a plan Thursday to tap nearly $22 million from the surplus to pay for the prison system, school broadband and other one-time needs as they finalized legislation outlining the state’s $5 billion budget for the coming year. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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Sen. Anna Fairclough, R-Eagle River, centers, speaks with Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre, left, and Fairbanks North Star Borough Mayor Luke Hopkins during a break in a Senate Finance Committee meeting on Thursday, March 6, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
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Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre, left, and Fairbanks North Star Borough Mayor Luke Hopkins appear before the Senate Finance Committee to express concerns about municipality input in aspects of gas line negotiations that affect local communities on Thursday, March 6, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
