A "Job Requisition/Pre-offer form" that Jefferson County officials are required to use before offering a position to someone is "unconstitutional," a lawyer for the sheriff who has sued the county judge and Quorum Court said in a letter to the defendant's attorney.
A judge on Friday declined to grant relief in U.S. Senate candidate Jake Bequette's suit over an error that misidentified him as "Jack" Bequette on ballots in two Arkansas counties but allowed the case to remain open.
An Arkansas county has corrected the misspelling of a U.S. Senate candidate's first name on its ballots, and a second county plans to have it fixed today, officials said.
Jefferson County Sheriff Lafayette Woods Jr. has sued the county judge of Jefferson County, as well as the Jefferson County Quorum Court, in hopes of boosting funding for staffing and operations under Woods’ office.