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 ...

The Senate on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 rejected a $750 million appropriation bill to support construction of a 3,000-bed prison ...

ARKADELPHIA, Arkansas — More than 900 acres overlooking the Ouachita River could eventually become the site of a 5,000-bed ...

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

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

A plan to build a 3,000-inmate prison in Arkansas hit a roadblock in the state Senate on Tuesday, while the Alabama Legislature gave final approval to ensure funding for another mega-prison. The ...

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

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

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas lawmakers voted against a $750 million spending bill for the Franklin County prison project on ...

Charles Gibbs and Cory Sutphin were sentenced to the same prison system on Tuesday that they used drones to drop drugs, ...