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An audit into Arkansas PBS’ “procurements and related processes” continued to raise concerns from state lawmakers about the educational television network’s business practices at a Friday meeting.
The Arkansas House of Representatives passed Arkansas PBS’ appropriations bill Wednesday after two failed attempts for the second consecutive fiscal session.
The network has faced questions from lawmakers over questionable spending practices found in a 2022 audit.
A fiscal 2022 audit of the station raised questions of whether administrators deliberately sidestepped or broke state procurement law.