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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Lona McCastlain also becomes a member of the Arkansas Board of Corrections. -
Sanders and 14 other governors to appear at Sunday press conference. -
The votes follow conflict between the Corrections Board and Arkansas’ governor, attorney general. -
The Arkansas Board of Corrections rejected a request to expand prison capacity this month because of severe staffing shortages and existing crowding, board Chairman Benny Magness says. -
The study will last nine months and hear from state agencies, prosecutors, law enforcement and the public. -
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Friday named State Parks Director Shea Lewis as interim secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism. -
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin, Republican, filed a friend-of-the-court brief asking the Arizona Supreme Court to reinstate an abortion ban from 1864. The brief is also filed on behalf of 16 other states. -
In a 4-3 decision, the Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday reinstated the law license of William Asa Hutchinson III, who is facing drug and driving while intoxicated charges in Benton County. -
A bill to “end state-sponsored discrimination” passed the Arkansas Senate on Thursday by a single vote.
