Arkansas lawmakers on Thursday voted to audit the purchase of a $19,000 lectern for Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, delving into an unusual controversy that's prompted questions about the seemingly high cost of the item and claims that the governor's office violated the state's open-records law. The all-Republican executive committee of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee also voted to audit the Republican governor's travel and security expenditures that were retroactively shielded from public release under a new Freedom of Information Act exemption Sanders signed last month. The 39-inch tall (1-meter), blue and wood-paneled lectern was purchased in June with a state credit card for $19,029.25.
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Arkansas lawmakers on Thursday voted to audit the purchase of a $19,000 lectern for Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, delving into an unusual controversy that's prompted questions about the seemingly high cost of the item and claims that the governor's office violated the state's open-records law.