By Andrew DeMillo | Editor-in-Chief
Good morning, Advocate readers! Whoever wins the race for Arkansas governor faces a big question about the future of Medicaid expansion. We checked in with the candidates to see where they stand. Meanwhile, there’s a special primary Tuesday for a state Senate seat. And our editor’s commentary this week looks at the fight ahead for Sen. John Boozman’s bid to pass a Farm Bill. You can find more Arkansas government and politics news at the Advocate site here.
The Arkansas Department of Human Services building on Main Street in downtown Little Rock. (Photo by John Sykes/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Antoinette Grajeda
Arkansas’ next governor will likely help shape the state’s Medicaid expansion, which faces an uncertain future.
Cleveland County School Board President Harrell Wilson (left) and veterans healthcare coordinator Missy Wardlaw (right) are both vying for the Republican nomination in Senate District 1. (Photos courtesy of the Arkansas Secretary of State’s office).
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Ainsley Platt
Voters in southeast Arkansas are choosing the Republican nominee Tuesday to succeed a lawmaker who stepped down to work in the attorney general’s office.
(Photo by John Sykes/Arkansas Advocate)
COMMENTARY
By Andrew DeMillo
Boozman’s reputation as someone who’s built up relationships is being put to the test. The third-term lawmaker who chairs the Senate Agriculture Committee faces an uphill battle to advance the Farm Bill that’s in jeopardy over a fight about cuts to the nation’s food stamp program.
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