The bill received three more “no” votes today than it did yesterday, when the Senate first considered the bill.

Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has penned an op-ed urging legislators to "finish the job" in appropriating funds for the ...

Update: The bill failed in the Senate for a third consecutive day on Thursday. The bill failed on Tuesday with a 19-10 vote, ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Board of Corrections (BOC) met on April 3 to discuss the ongoing Franklin County prison ...

Arkansas Senate rejects $750M funding for a 3,000-bed Franklin County prison as two votes on the bill fall short amid cost concerns and opposition.

The state prisons board on Thursday approved sending out a request for general contractors to submit proposals to build a new ...

As the clock ticks down on the 2025 legislative Ssession, Republicans in favor of building a new prison in western Arkansas ...

The Franklin County Common Pleas Court is starting a new program to help inmatres freed under judicial release better ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A $750 million spending bill for the Franklin County prison project has failed in the Senate for a second day in a row. Senate Bill 354, sponsored by budget chair Sen.

Nicholas Anderson, 35, admitted to possessing and distributing child pornography, as well as failing to register as a sex offender.

Sanders' office vowed to keep pushing. “Governor Sanders and a bipartisan majority of legislators agree: it’s time to fund the Franklin County prison, fund public safety, and fund the future ...

For the third time this week, a bill to appropriate up to $750 million for a new Franklin County prison failed in the ...