Motion over Arkansas Board of Corrections' ability to hire outside legal counsel fails in committee | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

An effort by lawmakers to formally find that the Arkansas Board of Corrections lacked the ability to hire outside legal counsel in ongoing lawsuits against the governor and a former Department of Corrections secretary, and that it violated the state's Freedom of Information Act, failed Monday morning.

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