An Arkansas judge has granted Attorney General Tim Griffin’s motion to dismiss his lawsuit against the Board of Corrections that accused the panel of violating the state’s law on open records and meetings. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Tim Fox’s one-page order Thursday dismissing the case comes less than a month after the state Supreme Court […]

A current and former member of the Arkansas Board of Corrections were granted permission by a Pulaski County judge Wednesday to intervene in a longrunning lawsuit over the panel’s power to fire top prison officials. Benny Magness, the board’s former chair, and Lee Watson asked Judge Patricia James to allow them to intervene in the […]