Arkansas public television budget bill wins final approval in House

The Arkansas public television network’s budget bill is headed to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ desk after winning final House approval Tuesday, but an effort to use state funding to match donations aimed at keeping PBS programs faces an uncertain future.

The Republican-led House has repeatedly taken several attempts to pass the appropriation for Arkansas TV, known as Arkansas PBS until December, when the network’s governing body made it the first in the nation to begin the process of cutting ties with PBS.

Appropriations need 75 votes to pass the House. Arkansas TV’s appropriation received 89 votes Tuesday, a day after it fell short of the minimum needed by three votes.

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