Sen. Alan Hays, right, shows Rep. Clay Ingram his artful necktie Friday as House and Senate conferees began work on the general government and government operations budget. Hays chairs the committee and Hays is vice chairman. Photo by Bill Cotterell.
The size and scope of a plan to expand health care coverage, the amount of raises and bonuses for teachers and state workers, whether to raise college tuition, whether to retain some control over clerks of the court budgets, and how much power to give a new state information technology agency will be decided in budget talks between the House and the Senate during the next two weeks.
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