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.
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.
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.
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.
The chief financial officer for the state Department of Corrections told lawmakers on Thursday he doesn t believe the Board of Corrections intentionally violated state rules when it entered into a contract with outside legal counsel before filing a lawsuit against the governor and a former Department of Corrections secretary.