NORTHWEST ARKANSAS -- Defendant poultry companies oppose every aspect of the Oklahoma attorney general's proposal for judgment in the federal lawsuit over pollution of the Illinois River, a court filing July 30 shows.

Doug Thompson

Doug Thompson is a reporter with more than 40 years of experience, including more than a quarter-century in Northwest Arkansas. He covers state politics from a Northwest Arkansas perspective and issues of regional importance for the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He previously served as a state Capitol reporter, business and agriculture reporter, editorial writer, columnist and regional reporter for southwestern Arkansas. Before that he covered city government. He moved to Northwest Arkansas in 1998.