Arkansas governor hopefuls focus on health, education, prisons

Gubernatorial candidates in Arkansas, including Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Fred Love, and Colt Shelby, outlined differing strategies for addressing healthcare, education, and the prison system. Sanders emphasized tax reduction as a primary goal.
Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Democratic state Sen. Fred Love and Libertarian Colt Shelby said they would address affordability, healthcare, education and the state’s prison system if elected governor, but differ in their strategies. Lowering taxes “at a time when people are struggling to make ends meet,” is a top priority for Sanders, the former […]
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