Federal spending package includes millions of dollars for Arkansas projects

March 9, 2024 at 2:30 p.m.

by Alex Thomas

Guests view a slide at a policy discussion of the planned Interstate 49 expansion inside the Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith in this July 14, 2022 file photo. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Hank Layton)
Guests view a slide at a policy discussion of the planned Interstate 49 expansion inside the Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith in this July 14, 2022 file photo. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Hank Layton)

WASHINGTON -- When the U.S. Congress voted Friday on a $460 billion spending package, lawmakers were not just considering whether to fund federal agencies through the remainder of the fiscal year.

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