Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders celebrated what she described as record tourism, as the state saw an uptick in its tourism tax revenues during the last fiscal year. Speaking at Pinnacle Mountain State Park in Roland on Thursday, the governor touted newly released data that she said shows visits to the Natural State are trending upward. The data Sanders referred to can be found in a new report commissioned by the Arkansas Department of Park, Heritage and Tourism, detailing the economic impact visitors bring to the state.

In deep red Arkansas, Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has been accusing businesses of being controlled by the People's Republic of China. But Sanders, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, is making such accusations without proving them first. And in a scathing late June editorial, Arkansas Business' editorial board takes her to task for favoring 'performance art' over meaningful governance. "Gov.