An Arkansas legislative panel will meet today to vote on next steps after concluding its investigation of potential violations of procurement law by the state Board of Corrections. The Joint Performance Review Committee has spent three meetings this month examining the board’s hiring of attorney Abtin Mehdizadegan to represent it in litigation with the state. […] The post Arkansas committee concludes probe of Corrections Board’s hiring of outside counsel appeared first on Arkansas Advocate.
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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Lawmakers voted Tuesday to formally find 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 the board violated the state s Freedom of Information Act.