Tag Archives: Sarah Huckabee Sanders

The Christian Post reports: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is standing her ground by refusing to remove a chalk-drawn cross from the entrance to the governor’s mansion after Americans United for the Separation of Church and State demanded its removal, claiming it violates the U.S. Constitution. The uproar began on Monday after Sanders shared a photograph of her three children …

The Associated Press reports: A tech industry trade group sued Arkansas on Thursday challenging a new state law that requires parental permission for minors to create social media accounts. NetChoice, a group whose members include Facebook parent Meta, TikTok and Twitter, filed a federal lawsuit over the measure signed by Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders in April. The law requires …

The New York Times reports: A federal judge in Arkansas on Tuesday struck down the state’s law forbidding medical treatments for children and teenagers seeking gender transitions, blocking what had been the first in a wave of such measures championed by conservative lawmakers across the country. The case had been closely watched as an important test of whether bans on …

The Associated Press reports: A federal lawsuit filed Friday challenges an Arkansas law that would subject librarians and booksellers to criminal charges if they provide “harmful” materials to minors. A coalition that includes the Central Arkansas Library System in Little Rock filed the challenge to the law, which takes effect Aug. 1. The new law also creates a new process …

Radar Online reports: Ron DeSantis is determined to recruit Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders as his running mate before making a formal announcement on his 2024 presidential bid, sources close to his campaign told RadarOnline.com exclusively. Insiders claim that DeSantis has set his sights on the former Trump press secretary to be his VP pick after she won the race …

The Arkansas Advocate reports: Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Friday asked President Joe Biden to extend the federal government’s coverage of 100% of debris cleanup and disaster mitigation costs stemming from the March 31 tornadoes that hit Arkansas. The estimated total cleanup costs in all three counties is nearly $25 million and nearly $16 million for emergency protective measures, according …

The Huffington Post reports: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) hawked a new line of beverage coolers to celebrate the “real woman of politics” and critics were convinced the promotional video was a parody. “Real women don’t have to fake it,” the former Trump White House press secretary captioned the 66-second clip released online Sunday. It was an apparent response …

The Arkansas Times reports: Turns out this week’s flap over a Dear Leader-style item on the questionnaire for people hoping to serve on Arkansas boards and commissions can be chalked up to a simple design error. That’s what a spokesperson for Gov. Sarah Sanders told reporter Doug Thompson at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. And sure, the Sanders administration’s explanation about the …

CNN Business reports: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a sweeping bill imposing a minimum age limit for social media usage. But even as Sanders signed the bill into law on Wednesday afternoon, the legislation appeared to contain vast loopholes and exemptions benefiting companies that lobbied on the bill. The Social Media Safety Act is aimed at giving parents …

The Arkansas Times reports: Looking to serve your state in some official capacity? First, kiss the ring. The application form you must fill out to be considered for a post on state boards and commissions includes this question: “What is an accomplishment of the Governor’s that you admire the most?” If you’ve got 500 words ready to go about how …

From Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders: This evening, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders spoke with FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell to discuss the state and federal response to the catastrophic tornadoes that hit Arkansas today.  The Governor described the widespread damage this storm caused to areas across the state, including Little Rock, Jacksonville, Sherwood, and Wynne. The Governor requested direct federal assistance …

ABC News reports: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday signed a law prohibiting transgender people at public schools from using the restroom that matches their gender identity, the first of several states expected to enact such bans this year amid a flood of bills nationwide targeting the trans community. The bill signed by the Republican governor makes Arkansas the …

Fox News reports: Arkansas Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a new bill into law allowing a pro-life monument to be installed near the state Capitol to remember the lives lost to abortion. The privately-funded “monument to the unborn” would mark the number of abortions performed in Arkansas before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, a …

Little Rock’s CBS affiliate reports: On Wednesday, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders officially signed the Arkansas LEARNS Act into law. The governor, who considers this bill to be “the boldest, most far-reaching, most conservative education reforms in the country,” wasted no time signing the bill after its advancement from the Senate just yesterday. The Republican-held Senate voted 26-8 to send to …

CBS News reports: Arkansas is rolling back some child labor protections after Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a new law to make it easier for children under 16 to get hired. The new law is part of a push by some states to loosen child labor rules at a time the job market remains tight, with the lowest jobless rate …

The Arkansas Illuminator reports: A proposed Arkansas law that would remove the requirement for children under 16 to prove their age to get a job will head to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ desk for approval.  Employment certificates currently require proof of the child’s age, a description of the work and work schedule and a parent or legal guardian’s written consent. …

The Associated Press reports: Arkansas filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to reject its plan to comply with federal rules that are supposed to assure that the state’s coal-fired power plants and industrial sites don’t pollute the air in other states. The state filed a petition with the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals over the …

“If you’re going to give a counter speech, you’ve got to talk about important issues. Don’t get me wrong, the wokeism is very important. But it’s not quite the heart of the matter right now, right? It’s not the heart of the matter. She is not — the reason is she’s just not — she’s not intellectually capable of going …

Bloomberg News reports: Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Americans are “under attack in a left-wing culture war” in the Republican response to the State of the Union on Tuesday, drawing on themes pushed by Donald Trump in his third run for the White House. The youngest governor in the country, Sanders, 40, called for a “new generation of Republican …

CBS News reports: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders, who served as White House press secretary in the Trump administration, will deliver the Republican response to President Biden’s State of the Union address, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a joint announcement Thursday. The selection of the opposite party’s response to a president’s State of the …