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Opponents of planned Franklin County prison claim ‘significant victory’ with legislative impasse
Last week, the Arkansas Legislature's 95th General Assembly failed five times to advance $750 million in spending for the ...
Franklin County fires back: ‘Fiasco’ of prison site faces continued local outcry
Franklin County officials and the Chickamauga tribe challenge Arkansas' prison plan as funding stalls and concerns over site ...
Franklin County prison project continues with $75 million, despite funding setback
Efforts to secure funding for a proposed 3,000-bed state prison in Franklin County has come to a halt.On Tuesday, Senate Bill ...
Franklin County prison bill stalls in Arkansas Senate, nonprofit group celebrates victory
Senate President Pro Tempore Bart Hester, a supporter of the prison, said Thursday that he doesn't plan to hold a vote on the ...
Division continues over Franklin County prison funding as proposal hits senate resistance
After three failed votes, Arkansas lawmakers remain divided over SB354, a $750M prison plan backed by the governor but facing ...
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Another vote for Franklin County prison bill unlikely this session, Senate president says
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A $750 million appropriations bill for the planned Franklin County prison that has failed to pass in the Arkansas Senate for nearly two weeks is stalled. Senate President Pro ...
Franklin County court launching program to help prison inmates reenter society smoothly
The Franklin County Common Pleas Court is starting a new program to help inmatres freed under judicial release better ...
Franklin County Judge Rickey Bowman talks developments in state prison saga
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 ...
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Franklin County prisoner caught after escaping hospital
Authorities arrested a woman they say absconded from Franklin County Jail custody. Kylaha Seman was at the Chambersburg Hospital when she escaped, Chambersburg ...