Arkansas governor proposes 42 state agencies pare to 15

Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday proposed a state government reorganization plan that would consolidate the 42 state agencies that report to him to 15.

With about a month to go before the Nov. 6 general election in which he's up for re-election, the Republican governor unveiled what would be the most sweeping reorganization of state government since 1971. At that time, then-Gov. Dale Bumpers, a Democrat, led a successful effort to reduce the number of state agencies reporting to him from 60 to 13.

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