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'GIF scandal'

Attorney general continues to fight fees for lawyers who won case over illegal pork barreling

Attorney General Leslie Rutledge continues to fight attorney fees for the lawyers who upended the legislature's unconstitutional pork barreling scheme to dole out the so-called General Improvement Fund.
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Jon Woods' sentencing hearing still underway; points against him stacking up

Sentencing of former Sen. Jon Woods is underway today in federal court in Fayetteville and a stiff sentence seems likely.
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Ecclesia College facing foreclosure of state-financed land

A lawsuit has been filed in circuit court in Benton County seeking to foreclose on property owned by Ecclesia College in Springdale that was pledged as collateral on loans by  Centennial Bank. The land includes some $700,000 worth for which the college got state money through the likely unconstitutional and, at times, criminally corrupt General Improvement Fund scam.

Democratic Party calls for resignation of Jake Files

The Arkansas Democratic Party says Republican Sen. Jake Files of Fort Smith should resign over news about handling of state General Improvement Fund money that wound up with him, not the project for which it was intended.
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