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ChampionedTourism & Economy

Committed to leverage Arkansas's natural beauty to promote tourism, an effort that became the Natural State Initiative.

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ChampionedFact-checker reviewConfidence: 95%

The cited PRIMARY source (Office of the Governor of Arkansas) is reachable and directly documents this promise's outcome. It contains Executive Order 23-13, signed by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders on January 24, 2023, which creates the Natural State Initiative and its Advisory Council specifically to leverage Arkansas's natural/scenic resources and promote tourism and outdoor recreation. The cited quote appears substantively verbatim — the page reads "There is hereby created the Natural State Initiative (the \"Initiative\") and the Natural State Initiative Advisory Council (\"Advisory Council\")", differing from the quote only by the omitted defined-term parentheticals, so it is not fabricated. CHAMPIONED is upheld because the source shows genuine leadership: Sanders personally authored and issued the executive order that created the initiative — not merely a vote or expression of support. The outcome does not overstate the evidence.

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