Legislative committee says to disregard corrections board's contract with attorney

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Legislative committee says to disregard corrections board's contract with attorney

In a meeting that began four minutes early and took less than two minutes to complete, the Joint Performance Review (JPR) Committee referred findings Tuesday to the Legislative Council regarding the Arkansas Board of Corrections’ hiring of an attorney during the board’s ongoing battles with the governor and attorney general. The referral was the only matter of business before JPR this morning, and Sen. Jonathan Dismang (R-Beebe) immediately move…