Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, right,talks with Arkansas Secretary of Health Dr. Jose Romero after a press conference on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. Romero, who has led the state's response to COVID-19 for most of the coronavirus pandemic, announced Tuesday that he is resigning to take a job with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Tommy Metthe/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)