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 ...

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 ...

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

BRANDON, THIS BILL FAILED TUESDAY. THEN AGAIN WEDNESDAY. AND NOW FOR A THIRD CONSECUTIVE TIME, IT FAILED 19 VOTES FOR THE BILL AND 11 AGAINST IT THIS FALL, SHORT OF THE 27 VOTES NEEDED. THREE FOURTHS ...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Arkansas — The Chickamauga Nation is seeking an archeological study to be done on the Franklin County prison site. At a press conference Monday, Chief Jimmie Kersh of the ...