Suit Accusing County Of Alleged COVID Funds Misuse For Detention Center Tossed

( September 23, 2026, 9:58 AM EDT) -- FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — An Arkansas federal judge dismissed an illegal exaction suit filed by a county resident asserting that the county misused federal funds provided for COVID-19 relief for expansion of a detention center, finding that the federal funds were not tax-derived funds and therefore could not support the Arkansas constitutional public funds illegal-exaction claim....