A key lawmaker on Tuesday demanded answers about higher education spending he said was "questionable," including money spent on a chauffeur service and revitalizing downtowns out of state.
Republican state Rep. Troy Waymaster, chair of the House Appropriations Committee, questioned the spending that was collected by the speaker pro tem's office.
The office announced the flagged spending in September but didn't release details.
Waymaster gave some insight into that spending when he questioned about $306,000 in university expenses during a meeting of the special state budget committee as it reviewed the Board of Regents' proposed spending plan . . .
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