Sanders Declares Disaster Areas for May 2025 Storms

From: Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders
August 6, 2025

DR 25-08: DECLARING DISASTER AREAS FROM SEVERE STORMS ON OR ABOUT MAY 16TH, 2025
 
WHEREAS: On May 16th, 2025, and continuing through May 20th, 2025, severe storms struck Arkansas and caused dangers, hardships, and suffering throughout the state, which in turn, warrants this executive action; 
 
WHEREAS: Adverse circumstances have been brought to bear upon citizens and public properties in the State of Arkansas; and
 
WHEREAS: The affected political subdivisions require supplemental assistance from the State to recover from these losses.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, acting under the authority vested in me as Governor of the State of Arkansas, and pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. §§ 12-75-101, et seq., do hereby declare Chicot, Sebastian, St. Francis, & Washington Counties as disaster areas and authorize Public Assistance disaster relief for these counties.
 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Arkansas to be affixed this 5th day of August, in the year of our Lord 2025.

Latest News

Sanders Signs Economic Cooperation Agreement Between the State of Arkansas and the National Technological Innovation Authority of the State of Israel

From: Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders
August 8, 2025
JERUSALEM, Israel – On Wednesday, August 6, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen economic and cultural ties between the State of Arkansas and the… Read More

Sanders Declares Disaster Areas for May 2025 Storms

From: Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders
August 6, 2025
DR 25-08: DECLARING DISASTER AREAS FROM SEVERE STORMS ON OR ABOUT MAY 16TH, 2025 WHEREAS: On May 16th, 2025, and continuing through May 20th, 2025, severe storms struck Arkansas and caused dangers,… Read More

Sanders Statement on Insurance Companies' Premium Rate Hikes

From: Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders
August 6, 2025
LITTLE ROCK, AR - Following today’s filings from Centene Corporation and Blue Cross Blue Shield to raise premium rates on the insurance plans they offer in Arkansas by as much as 54% and 25.5%,… Read More

Readout of Sanders' Meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu

From: Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders
August 6, 2025
JERUSALEM, Israel – Following Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Sanders’ spokesman Sam Dubke released the following… Read More

Arkansas Board of Corrections Approves Sanders' Recidivism Pilot Program

From: Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders
August 5, 2025
Program’s goal is to reduce recidivism in Arkansas’ corrections system LITTLE ROCK, AR - Last Friday, the Arkansas Board of Corrections unanimously approved Governor Sarah Huckabee… Read More