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

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

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

A recent report from the Washington State Auditor, delivered to News by the Franklin County Administrator, alleges ...

CHARLESTON -- From Little Rock to rural Franklin County, sparring over the proposed location of a new 3,000-bed prison shows... Penny Weaver is an award-winning journalist who covers crime ...

The Franklin County jail entered into a contract with a vendor in 2018 to provide commissary services for the facility. The agreement included a profit-sharing provision. At some point the ...

After three failed attempts, the Arkansas Senate has yet to secure the votes needed to fund a 3,000-bed prison on Mill Creek Mountain in Franklin County. The latest version of SB354 failed April 3 by ...

Arkansas Senate Bill 354, proposing funding for a 3,000-bed prison, has stalled. A secondary bill, SB633, is under consideration to secure the necessary funding. Franklin County Judge Rickey Bowman ...

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 ...

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 ...

After three failed attempts, the Arkansas Senate has yet to secure the votes needed to fund a 3,000-bed prison on Mill Creek Mountain in Franklin County. The latest version of SB354 failed April 3 ...