After three failed votes, Arkansas lawmakers remain divided over SB354, a $750M prison plan backed by the governor but facing ...

Senate President Pro Tempore Bart Hester, a supporter of the prison, said Thursday that he doesn't plan to hold a vote on the ...

This comes as the $750 million funding bill failed for a fifth time in the Senate on Tuesday and wasn't heard at all on ...

Efforts to secure funding for a proposed 3,000-bed state prison in Franklin County has come to a halt.On Tuesday, Senate Bill 354 failed to garner the 27 votes ...

"We need smaller, regional facilities rather than going down this mega-prison route," Sen. Bryan King said at Tuesday's ...

Authorities arrested a woman they say absconded from Franklin County Jail custody. Kylaha Seman was at the Chambersburg Hospital when she escaped, Chambersburg ...

THE FIRST FOUR TIMES THE BILL WAS READ AND VOTED ON THE VOTES FOR IT HOVERED AROUND 18 OR 19 VOTES BUT TODAY THE "YAYS" REACHED 21---STILL FALLING SHORT OF THE 27 OR THREE-FOURTHS OF THE SENATE NEEDED ...

OF A FEW THAT WE’RE WATCHING HERE. >> SO A FUNDING BILL THAT WOULD HELP BUILD THE PROPOSED STATE PRISON IN FRANKLIN COUNTY FAILS ON THE SENATE FLOOR TODAY. SENATE BILL 354 WOULD APPROPRIATE UP ...

Arkansas lawmakers voted against a $750 million spending bill for the Franklin County prison project on Tuesday afternoon.