In this March 8, 2017, photo, White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders stands in front of the White House in Washington. Faced with aggressive on-air questioning about the president’s wiretapping claims, Sarah Huckabee Sanders didn’t flinch, she went folksy.
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders is a rising star in Trump’s orbit
Faced with aggressive on-air questioning about the president’s wiretapping claims, Sarah Huckabee Sanders didn’t flinch, she went folksy.
Naming Arkansas airport after Clintons doesna t fly with GOP lawmaker
With his party now holding all of the levers of power in Arkansas politics, a Republican state lawmaker is pushing to remove the names of the state’s most famous Democrats – Bill and Hillary Clinton – from Little Rock’s airport. Sen. Jason Rapert says pilots have complained to him about flying into Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport and that Arkansas shouldn’t honor a former president who was impeached over his affair with a White House intern.
Little Rock to Host Third Future Agents in Training Course
When a high school guidance counselor asks a student what career path he or she is interested in, some will say “firefighter” or “astronaut,” ”pilot” or “journalist.” But for the select few who might say “FBI field agent,” there’s a program designed specifically for them.
Sarah Huckabee supports Trump’s unsupported voter claim with unsupported Arkansas story
Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee d rew on an Arkansas anecdote in a national television appearance Sunday to defend President Trump’s unsupported claim that illegal voters accounted for his popular vote loss to Hillary Clinton. A review by Think Progress found no evidence to support Huckabee’s claim of illegal voting in Arkansas.
Huckabee: Trump-Slamming Media Like ‘Hyperactive Greyhounds’
Mike Huckabee has lashed out at the media for what he says is its nonstop nitpicking over President Donald Trump’s decisions. “Is everything that President Trump does going to be treated by the media as an unprecedented outrage?” the former Arkansas governor says in a message posted Monday night on his Facebook page.
Anti-immigrant legislation likely to run in House Education committee Tuesday
The Arkansas United Community Coalition , a nonprofit that advocates for immigrant rights in Arkansas, is saying on Facebook that a piece of legislation targeting immigrants on college campuses is likely to come up for a vote in the House Education committee Tuesday morning. HB 1042 , sponsored by Rep. Brandt Smith , would “prohibit sanctuary policies at state-supported institutions of higher education.”
Arkansas bans common second-trimester abortion procedure
Arkansas is poised to become the third state to ban a commonly used second-trimester abortion procedure under restrictions approved Thursday that are expected to face a legal challenge. Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed into law a measure banning the procedure known as dilation and evacuation, which abortion-rights supporters contend is the safest and most common procedure used in second-trimester abortions.
Tom Cotton defends Trump’s CIA speech
Sen. Tom Cotton on Saturday defended President Trump against criticism that the campaign-style speech he delivered at CIA headquarters was inappropriate. The Arkansas Republican, who serves on the Senate Intelligence Committee, dismissed critics who questioned whether the CIA, and an audience of agency professionals, was a proper setting for Trump to boast about his campaign victory, crowd sizes and the sales of magazines with his image on the cover, are missing the bond the president has developed with national security professionals.
A Huckabee lands West Wing job
President Donald Trump has tapped an Arkansan to work at the White House, hiring Sarah Huckabee Sanders as a key spokesman. The daughter of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will serve as deputy assistant to the president and principal deputy press secretary.
Nason, former Treasury official, being vetted for Fed role -sources
David Nason, a General Electric executive and former Treasury Department official, is the front runner to become the Federal Reserve’s top Wall Street regulator under President-elect Donald Trump, sources familiar with the screening said on Thursday. In 2008, Nason was a deputy to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson as U.S. regulators tried to stabilize Wall Street and prevent an economic meltdown after the housing market collapsed.
An angle on collecting sales tax from Amazon, other online sales
Rolf Wilkin of Fayetteville, owner of a group of pizza restaurants and president of the Arkansas Restaurant Association, tells me there is a way short of federal legislation to recoup some of the lost sales tax unpaid in Arkansas customer transactions with web giant Amazon. I mentioned earlier that the Little Rock City Board wants to talk wth Arkansas congressmen about a long-pending legislative idea to require collection of sales taxes on Internet sales, with resulting payments to cities and counties and others now missing out on the commerce generated by physical businesses in their jurisdictions.
Save my health care. Just don’t call it Obamacare
A reporter for the Toronto Star visited Arkansas to illustrate the irony, to use a kind word, that abounds in the rush by Republicans to repeal Obamacare. He finds Anita Bacon, who believes the insurance she received from Obamacare saved her life from cancer.
Friends in high places: Asa edition
WELL CONNECTED: Political consultant Jon Gilmore, leading a fund-raiser for former boss Asa Hutchinson, uses this photo on his private business page to tout his connectyions to the state’s top politician. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson , getting out ahead of the legislative session – when campaign fund-raising has an even more fraught appearance than normal – is throwing a fund-raiser for his 2018 gubernatorial campaign Thursday at the Capital Hotel.
After years of talk, Republicans must act on Obamacare. Tumult lies ahead.
Ernest Dumas illustrates in a column this week that the Republican promise to repeal Obamacare now faces tough political, financial and human realities – perhaps more in Arkansas than anywhere. He writes that the most damage could be done to 20 million working Americans Donald Trump vowed to protect.