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• Correction Board heeds governor, fires Community Correction director for seeking to increase budget

  The state Board of Correction has voted to fire Sheila Sharp as Community Correction director. Gov. Asa Hutchinson wanted a change, apparently because Sharp didn't want to cut the budget enough. She said the cuts he wanted endanger public safety.

• Corruption probe nets another guilty plea, implicates another senator

  Jerry Walsh, 72, who ran the now-defunct South Arkansas Youth Services, has pleaded guilty to paying $120,000 to an unnamed Arkansas state senator in return for action favorable to the agency, Walsh and others.He pleaded guilty today in federal court in El Dorado. The scheme altogether diverted $380,000 in public money.

• KATV report: A web of financial woes for hotel owner, political player

  KATV reports on financial troubles building for Gary Gibbs and his businesses, including a hotel in Hot Springs and a resort in Desha County. The article reports also on a complaint filed by a prosecutor against Gibbs, who's been a political player in the past.

• Change in today's I-630 hearing; plaintiffs hope for delay in bridge demolition: UPDATE: Bridge to come down

  A federal case concerning the lawsuit filed yesterday to stop the Interstate 630 widening project has been transferred to federal Judge Jay Moody and the hearing scheduled today was moved to 2:45 p.m

• Troubled bridges and other news on Thursday's open line

  Bridges over water and a controversial Interstate project are among the headlines today on our daily roundup of news and comment. Here's the open line.

Most Recent Comments

• Re: Corruption probe nets another guilty plea, implicates another senator

  • Every legislator, attorney or not, needs to have all of their financials audited from the…

  • Posted by Rabid
  • on July 19, 2018

• Re: Corruption probe nets another guilty plea, implicates another senator

  • Love the liberal guilt by family association. WTF does the governor have to do with…

  • Posted by Razorblade
  • on July 19, 2018

• Re: Asa finally mans up on deadbeat GOP lawmaker, says Gates should resign

  • Plainjim:
    GOP now stands for Government of Putin!

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  • on July 19, 2018

Slideshows

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  Protest against immigrant detention

  Protest against the proposal to detain immigrant children in Arkansas on the capitol steps, Thursday, June 21, 2018.
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  Arkansas Poor People’s Campaign

  Arkansas Poor People’s Campaign rally on the State Capitol steps, Monday, May 14, 2018 in Little Rock.

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  Jason Rapert in Ten Commandments 2: The Rise of the Bollards – a slideshow

  Enjoy these photos from today's dedication and re-installation of a new Ten Commandments monument. The first iteration of the monument was installed last June but destroyed within the next 24 hours when it was rammed by a man in a Dodge Dart.