U.S. District Judge Lee Rudofsky denied Entergy Arkansas’ request for a temporary restraining order that would have blocked the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and Arkansas Times from publishing details of agreements tied to a West Memphis data center and related solar build.
SE Arkansas readers watching large power loads, rate cases, and county facility rules should follow Public Service Commission dockets and local quorum-court debates — not rumor chains. Transparency fights over utility–tech deals affect ratepayers far beyond West Memphis.