A bill to allocate funding for a new 3,000-bed prison in Arkansas has failed in the state Senate for the fifth time.

THE FIRST FOUR TIMES THE BILL WAS READ AND VOTED ON THE VOTES FOR IT HOVERED AROUND 18 OR 19 VOTES BUT TODAY THE "YAYS" REACHED 21---STILL FALLING SHORT OF THE 27 OR THREE-FOURTHS OF THE SENATE NEEDED ...

The Arkansas Senate on Tuesday rejected a $750 million appropriation bill to support construction of a 3,000-bed prison in ...