Republican lawmaker’s effort to pin down governor on state purchasing law dies in committee

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Republican lawmaker’s effort to pin down governor on state purchasing law dies in committee

Rep. Julie Mayberry (R-Hensley) An amendment from Rep. Julie Mayberry (R-Hensley) to explicitly apply state purchasing law to Arkansas’s seven constitutional officers — including the governor — failed in the Joint Budget Committee’s Special Language Subcommittee yesterday. Though Mayberry didn’t say so explicitly, the amendment appears to be a jab at Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who allegedly did not follow state purchasing laws when she bought …