LINCOLN  — The top administrator of Nebraska’s first designated “rural emergency hospital” has resigned amid financial abuse allegations from the state auditor that he used hospital funds for “lavish personal entertainment.”  Auditor Mike Foley, in a 28-page letter Tuesday, laid out more than $38,000 in questionable purchases that his team found the chief executive and […]

LINCOLN — An investigation of a $2.5 million no-bid emergency contract between the Nebraska Department of Economic Development and a contractor Gov. Jim Pillen recommended has moved from the Lincoln Police Department to the Lancaster County Attorney’s Office. Erika Thomas, public information officer for the Lincoln police, confirmed the switch to the Examiner. Lancaster County […]