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East Central University alumnus, Calvin Prince, will present the commencement address for the Spring 2024 graduation ceremony on May 11 in the Kerr Activities Center at 2 p.m.

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.

A legislative panel issued subpoenas Thursday to compel the appearance of a member of the state Board of Corrections and its outside counsel at an April 22 hearing. The Joint Performance Review Committee has been looking into possible violations of state procurement law surrounding the Arkansas Board of Corrections’ hiring of a lawyer to represent […] The post Arkansas lawmakers subpoena two in probe of Corrections Board’s hiring of outside counsel appeared first on Arkansas Advocate.

We might call it the anti-overreach movement, though "movement" might be an overreach of phrasing at this early juncture.

A former state senator declined on Tuesday afternoon to accept a position leading the Arkansas Department of Corrections, according to the head of the state Board of Corrections.