'The cover-up is worse than the crime': State auditor raises questions, concerns over no-bid contract

Concerns over favoritism in the choice to blast through the bidding process on an economic development contract still dog Gov ...

Nebraska state senators consider oversight hearing for no-bid contract

A letter from a former University of Nebraska student regent called for legislative oversight on the $2.5 million no-bid ...

DED, Pillen back in Foley’s crosshairs over justification for emergency no-bid contract

The Pillen administration faces new questions this week over whether a compressed timeline justified the Nebraska Department ...

Hogsett allies routinely benefit from no-bid city contracts

Giffin, for instance, joined Hogsett’s team after working at Faegre. Then while working for the city, he signed off on at ...
AOL

Auditor flags possible Pillen ‘favoritism’ in $2.5M no-bid bioeconomy contract with lobbyist

LINCOLN — Gov. Jim Pillen, while pressing the Nebraska Department of Economic Development in 2024 to tighten its belt, steered the state agency to award a $2.5 million no-bid emergency contract to a ...
Crain's New York Business

Menin targets emergency no-bid contracts after billions spent on Covid and immigration crises

Newly-minted City Council Speaker Julie Menin zeroed in on what she called “systemic abuse” of the city’s emergency ...
WOWT.com

Report: $2.5M no-bid contract may have shown ‘favoritism’ to Pillen recommendation

LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - Nebraska Auditor Mike Foley issued a report earlier this month suggesting a no-bid contract awarded by state may have displayed “favoritism” at the recommendation of Gov. Jim ...
Montana Public Radio

Ellsworth pleads not guilty to misconduct charge over no-bid contract

A state senator pleaded not guilty Thursday to an official misconduct charge over a no-bid contract he awarded to a longtime ...