(The Center Square) - Hearings on a $207,000 contract between the Arkansas Board of Corrections and a private attorney continued Thursday with more questions about whether the board followed proper procedure. The Board of Corrections hired Little Rock attorney Abtin Mehdizadegan in December to represent it in two legal cases involving state officials. The board is suing the state over a law that gives the governor's office the authority to appoint the department's... Read this story
