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Sarah Huckabee Sanders to take oath as Arkansas governor
Sarah Huckabee Sanders to take oath as Arkansas governor
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Former White Home press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will probably be sworn in as Arkansas’ forty seventh governor on Tuesday, assuming a seat her father as soon as held and changing into the primary girl to carry the put up.
Sanders will take the oath of workplace within the state Home of Representatives earlier than delivering an handle to a joint session of the Legislature. The 40-year-old Republican will afterward ship her inaugural handle on the steps of the state Capitol.
Sanders, who served almost two years as White Home press secretary, gained the governor’s election final yr after focusing closely on nationwide points and her time working for former President Donald Trump. However she’s largely prevented weighing in on the previous president for the reason that election and has mentioned she needs to focus her consideration on Arkansas.
Sanders will turn out to be essentially the most well-known former Trump official in elected workplace. Her father, Mike Huckabee, served as Arkansas’ governor for greater than a decade.
Arkansas lawmakers convened on Monday for the beginning of the annual legislative session. Sanders has mentioned her prime precedence is schooling reform laws that she says will embrace a concentrate on enhancing literacy, pay raises for lecturers, college security measures and a few type of utilizing public cash to pay for personal education or homeschooling. She has additionally mentioned she’d help laws just like a regulation in Florida that forbids instruction on sexual orientation and gender id in kindergarten via third grade.
Different gadgets on Sanders’ legislative agenda embrace a push for chopping the state’s revenue tax and public security measures. She takes workplace with the state sitting on greater than $2 billion in reserves and with Republicans within the Legislature having expanded their supermajority within the November election.
Sanders is succeeding Asa Hutchinson, who’s leaving workplace after eight years resulting from time period limits. Hutchinson, a Republican, is contemplating working for president. He has mentioned Trump profitable the GOP nomination once more could be the “worst state of affairs” for his social gathering.
By ANDREW DeMILLO
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WEST LAFAYETTE − Purdue football continues to stockpile Arkansas linebackers.
After snagging Razorback Alex Sanford out of the transfer portal, the Boilermakers picked up a commitment from Carson Dean.
Dean was a redshirt freshman for Arkansas this season and played in two games.
Dean, from Frisco, Texas, was a three star prospect by 247Sports out of Hebron High who had 17 offers, including Purdue.
In high school, Dean was an all-district outside linebacker after compiling 85 tackles, including 21 for loss as a senior in 2022.
At the time of his commitment, Barry Odom was Arkansas’ defensive coordinator and Mike Scherer, recently hired as Purdue’s defensive coordinator, was the Arkansas linebackers coach.
Scherer recruited Dean to Arkansas.
Odom’s staff, in need of linebackers after Kydran Jenkins graduated and Yanni Karlaftis transferred to Northwestern.
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Purdue is starting to pick up steam on the transfer portal market as former Arkansas linebacker Alex Sanford announced his commitment to the Boilermakers following an official visit to West Lafayette this weekend.
Sanford becomes Purdue’s second transfer portal pickup of the cycle and second from Arkansas, following quarterback Malachi Singleton, who announced his commitment to the Boilermakers earlier this week.
The redshirt freshman linebacker had committed to Arkansas to play for Barry Odom and Mike Scherer when the two were coaching in Fayetteville. Two years later he now follows the Boilermakers’ new head coach and defensive coordinator to West Lafayette at a position of need.
Purdue had a thin linebacker corps this season, which saw Kydran Jenkins and Yanni Karlaftis depart this off-season. Sanford now joins Hudson Miller, Winston Berglund and Owen Davis as players with experience at the linebacker position for the Boilermakers heading into 2025.
Sanford has had a minimal role on defense during his career, playing just nine snaps, but he has carved out a consistent role on special teams. Sanford had the third most special teams snaps of any Razorback in 2024, and 328 across his two seasons, serving on the kick return, kick coverage, punt return and punt coverage units, holding a 65.2 Pro Football Focus grade in that regard.
Sanford will have two years of eligibility remaining with the Boilermakers.
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