History Nebraska is out of control. So, one of the bills I introduced this year, LB 1169, is a bill to make History Nebraska a code agency, bringing the Society under the control of the Governor. This bill has become necessary due to the way state revenues have been misused by the agency in the past and how History Nebraska has been organized …or should I say, disorganized.
Last year a Nebraska State Auditor’s report alleged that History Nebraska misused and misappropriated state funds.
Trevor Jones, the former director of History Nebraska, was accused of embezzlement, theft, and official misconduct after he deposited a check for $270,000 into a bank account for the History Nebraska Foundation, a competing foundation that he helped create. Because the money had been appropriated as part of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the check should have been deposited with the State Treasurer.
