Sonny Albarado / Arkansas Advocate
In his 50-year career, Sonny Albarado has been an investigations editor, a business editor, a city editor, an environmental reporter and a government reporter at newspapers in Arkansas, Tennessee and Louisiana. He retired from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in 2020 after serving as projects editor for 12 ½ years.
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Attorney General Tim Griffin on Wednesday asked a state court to prevent the Arkansas Board of Corrections from spending any public funds on a lawyer he says the board hired illegally. -
The legal dispute between the Arkansas Board of Corrections and Attorney General Tim Griffin deepened this week, even as the board acted to try to resolve it. -
Arkansas’ prison oversight board on Tuesday unanimously approved a contract with two architectural engineering firms to design a planned state prison. -
President Donald Trump has declared a major disaster in Arkansas related to storms that caused widespread flooding and damage from April 2-22. -
State Board of Election Commissioners also vote to sanction a county’s entire election commission -
Officials must negotiate the price of the contract next. -
One sets a number, the other describes what’s permissible -
The request is the latest stumble in a rocky start for Chief Justice Karen Baker. -
Legislation from pharmacists is likely in 2025, a lawyer for the state Insurance Department says. -
A federal judge issued a temporary order halting enforcement of the law.
