Arkansas politics

TITLE: Arkansas woman goes to D.C. to praise Trump for being a friend to Black people - Arkansas Times TEXT: The Washington Post shouted Arnetta Bradford of Hope this week in a piece about President Donald Trump's Black History Month celebration at the White House. If Bradford's name sounds familiar, it's because she was Gov. Sarah Sanders' pick to fill a South Arkansas state representative seat in a race that got really heated, and really weird. Ultimately, Dolly Henley beat Bradford in the Republican primary and claimed the win, since there was no Democratic challenger.

For a year now, journalists Janie Ginocchio and Scott Perkins have been quietly loosening some of the uglier knots in Arkansas state government, working loose the connections between politicians, lobbyists and the special interests that write the checks. Formerly known as the ArkLeg Bill Tracker blog, Tracking Arkansas is a Substack newsletter published by Ginocchio and Perkins of Level Up Consulting LLC in North Little Rock. Perkins is a self-described 'social enterprise co-founder, policy consultant, and nonprofit community advocate' who's worked at a number of news outlets in the state.