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

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 ...

Legislation to allocate funding for a new prison in Franklin County failed in the Arkansas Senate on Monday afternoon.

The General Assembly on Wednesday approved legislation to increase the state’s general revenue budget to $6.49 billion for ...

CHARLESTON -- From Little Rock to rural Franklin County, sparring over the proposed ... Georgia, Texas and now Arkansas. She digs until she uncovers all the facts for every story.

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

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

Chief Jimmie Kersh is urging residents to file FOIA requests to determine whether state officials ever conducted an ...

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 ...