Fiscal '16 state budget, prison bill on to-do list

Arkansas legislative leaders said they’re hoping to have a copy of state government’s proposed $5.2 billion budget for fiscal 2016 on the desks of lawmakers by the end of this week as they scramble to wrap up the Arkansas legislative session by the end of this month. They said they also want this week to complete work on legislation complementing Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s $32 million plan to curb prison crowding.