FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT/KARK) - Arkansas lawmakers voted down an appropriation bill for a new state prison. According to our content partner KARK, the bill is part of the larger $825 million ...

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

A bill to allocate $750 million to fund construction of a 3,000-bed prison in Franklin County failed on the Senate floor on ...

The Arkansas Senate has rejected the $750 million Franklin County prison bill following a heated debate, leaving the future ...

The Arkansas State Senate on Tuesday (April 1) defeated an appropriation bill that would have provided $750 million in ...

Gierra Perdue died in the Franklin County Jail after medical staff failed to check on her. Two years later, her mother is ...

"This is, you know, a mega death spiral, mega prison that the governor is bent on doing, that will literally bankrupt this ...

State legislatures are grappling with how to fund new prisons that Republican governors say are needed to ease overcrowding.

A Columbus man pleaded guilty Monday to possessing a dangerous ordinance in a school zone for a Glock handgun at Canal ...

The Arkansas Legislature is back in session and lawmakers are debating funding for a prison in Franklin County ...

After an amendment asking to allocate $1 billion for the project failed in a subcommittee, the $750 million appropriation ...

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