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Video: Asa Hutchinson Announces Plan to Reorganize State Government

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Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday unveiled what his office called a “comprehensive plan for the transformation of state government.”

The Republican announced in March that he aimed to present a plan to the Legislature next year that would reduce the number of cabinet-level agencies in state government by 50 percent.

Hutchinson said the plan would cut the number of cabinet-level agencies from 42 to 15. He said it’s the first comprehensive effort to trim state government since 1972.

“This long-overdue and comprehensive reorganization effort will realign agencies to reflect a more modern and efficient way to operate state government without cutting any services,” Hutchinson said. “This will result in improved delivery of services and will ultimately save the state money and the taxpayer time.”

The governor released an organizational chart for the proposal. You can see it here. A fact sheet laying out the new organization of departments is available here.

The plan includes putting the State Police, the Crime Lab and the state Department of Emergency Management, among other law enforcement-related agencies, under a new Department of Public Safety. It would also merge the departments of Correction and Community Correction.

More: Read more about the governor’s plan.

You can watch video of the governor’s announcement below.

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