Arkansas Governor’s Office Questioned Over $19K Lectern Purchase

Arkansas lawmakers questioned Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ staff about the purchase of a $19,000 lectern after an audit showed potential non-compliance with the state’s law on purchasing, property, and government records. On Tuesday, during a nearly three-hour hearing before the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, the first-term governor’s top aides faced scrutiny from lawmakers, including some Republicans, over the purchase.  “I don’t think the lectern’s worth $19,000 or $11,500,” Republican state Sen. John Payton said. “But I do think the lesson learned could be worth far more than that if we would just accept the fact that it was bad judgment and it was carelessness.”...