 From Little Rock Public Radio, I'm Nathan Treese. The state of Arkansas has ended the fiscal year with another large budget surplus. Little Rock Public Radio's Daniel Breen explains. Arkansas ended fiscal year 2024 with a surplus just over $698 million. That's according to the latest report from the State Department of Finance and Administration. And that's compared to last year's budget surplus of $1.2 billion and $1.6 billion in 2022.