Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Huckabee urges lawmakers to pass the budget

Audit finds Sarah Huckabee Sanders violated Arkansas law with pricey purchase. Audit found multiple issues with Sanders’s compliance with the law, including classifying the lectern as an “operating expense" The audit also found that Sanders classified it as an "operating expenses"

Huckabee Sanders last month proposed a budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 that increases state spending by 1.76% over the previous year. Sanders, who served as former President Donald Trump's press secretary, took office last year. Huckabee Sanders urges lawmakers to pass her $6.3 billion budget proposal.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders urges lawmakers to pass budget as session kicks off. Huckabee Sanders wants $6.3 billion budget proposal that boosts spending on a new school voucher program. She wants to boost spending on new school vouchers program to help students pay for their education. Arkansas lawmakers are taking part in the first session of the year.