Appropriation bills require a three-fourths vote of both chambers of the Legislature for passage, meaning 27 votes were ...

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 ...

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

A West Virginia couple received the maximum sentences of decades in prison Wednesday for abusing their adoptive children, ...

claims Combs subjected employees to forced labor under inhumane circumstances. Combs and his conspirators "maintained control over certain employees of the Combs Business" and "forced" them to ...

(KNWA/KFTA) — Amber Waterman’s appeal to the Arkansas Supreme Court is set for ... in federal court last year and sentenced to life in prison for the killings, but Benton County prosecutors ...

“This estimate lets us move forward quickly on the long-overdue prison project and build a safer, stronger Arkansas. I look forward to working with our partners in the legislature to get this ...

CHARLESTON -- A proposed new prison construction fund is now on Arkansas legislative committee agendas at $1 billion, reflecting a... Penny Weaver is an award-winning journalist who covers crime ...

On Thursday, the sell-off pushed the S&P 500 stock index into a correction, a Wall Street term ... overseas and India’s abundant pool of labor.