What started with raised eyebrows over a hefty price tag has given rise to questions about the state’s handling of public information requests.
Now, a Republican legislative panel will audit the lectern purchase, as well as how Sanders’s office handles open-records requests.
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Arkansas Republicans on Thursday approved an audit of their governor’s purchases after a blogger’s open-records requests unleashed a political storm that has resulted in claims about the state altering public documents.
In a statement to The Washington Post, a spokesperson for Sanders said the governor’s office welcomes the audit, calling the situation “nothing more than a manufactured controversy by left wing activists to distract from the bold conservative reforms the legislature has passed and the governor has signed into law and is effectively implementing in Arkansas. »
