By Associated Press - Monday, May 2, 2016

PHOENIX (AP) - Top five spending items in proposed the $9.58 billion budget package for the 2016-2017 state budget year:

- K-12 education: $4.032 billion, up $90 million

- Medicaid (Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System): $1.751 billion, up $546 million (consolidates state hospital funding)

- Corrections: $1.054 billion, up $24 million

- Universities: $678 million, up $17 million

- Department of Child Safety: $380 million, up $24 million

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