Sanders asks for 100 federal cost share for cleanup expenses in stormhit counties

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders asked the federal government on Tuesday to cover all state and local recovery expenses for the first 30 days after Friday’s storms. Sanders gave the request as Arkansans brace for a new round of storms forecasters expected late Tuesday and into this morning. Tornadoes, damaging winds and golf-ball-sized hail are possible, according to the National Weather Service in North Little Rock. The 100% federal cost share request for state and local resources was announced in a news release on Tuesday afternoon. It applies to “cleanup and emergency measures in Pulaski, Lonoke and Cross counties,” the…