Last week, the Arkansas Legislature's 95th General Assembly failed five times to advance $750 million in spending for the ...

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

Franklin County officials and the Chickamauga tribe challenge Arkansas' prison plan as funding stalls and concerns over site ...

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

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 ...

The $750 million Franklin County prison project spending bill failed in the Arkansas Senate on April 8. Delta Makes Major ...

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

The Franklin County Common Pleas Court is starting a new program to help inmatres freed under judicial release better ...

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

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 required for passage, marking its ...

A bill that would have appropriated up to $750 million for a prison in Franklin County failed in the Arkansas Senate on ...