- House Speaker Brian Evans and Lt. Gov. Leslie Rutledge do not expect the fight over Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ prison proposal to be on the agenda for the upcoming Arkansas legislative session.
The fight over Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ plan for a 3,000-bed prison in Franklin County is unlikely to be a part of the agenda when Arkansas lawmakers convene next month, House Speaker Brian Evans said.
The Republican from Cabot said a majority of House and Senate members agree that a prison needs to be built but are in a “wait and see” pattern on the prison proposal. Funding for the prison was not part of the budget proposal Sanders outlined to lawmakers earlier this month.
Evans agreed with Senate President Pro Tempore Bart Hester that tax cuts are expected to be taken up after the fiscal session that begins April 8…