The custom lectern is shorter than standard-issue versions to better accommodate women, the governor said. An invoice indicates it’s 39 inches tall, rather than an off-the-rack adjustable 49 ...

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' office may have violated state laws with the purchase of a $19,000 lectern, according to a review conducted by a state auditing agency.

For those who don't recall, last year Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders ordered a custom-made portable lectern from a Virginia-based company owned by a consultant to the Sanders campaign The ...

Although it was estimated a custom lectern would cost between $10,000 to $15,000, it was purchased for $19,029 on June 8, 2023.

In June the governor's office purchased the 39-inch custom Falcon Podium and travel case from Beckett Events, LLC of Arlington, Va., which was bought using a state credit card. Gov. Sarah Huckabee ...

The lectern purchased by the Ms. Sanders’s administration in June 2023 sits in a corner in the Governor’s Conference Room at the State Capitol. Thomas Metthe/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, via ...

At issue is a custom lectern ordered in June for $19,029.25, a premium price. The purchase was made just before the governor’s trip to Paris from Beckett Events LLC of Virginia. Advertisement ...

Arkansas Legislative Auditor Roger Norman said Thursday he doesn't expect Arkansas Legislative Audit's review of the purchase of a lectern for about $19,000 from Beckett Events LLC by Gov. Sarah ...

The $19,029.25 lectern purchased by the Sanders administration in June, seen in the Governor’s Conference Room at the state Capitol in Little Rock on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. .

The custom lectern was paid for in June 2023 using a state credit card. Sanders' office has said that the card was used in an accounting error, and the Republican Party of Arkansas reimbursed the ...