Have you ever given money to one political candidate only to have the money go to an entirely different candidate?
You may not think so but it happens. And it happens a lot.
Now there’s a push in the state legislature to stop this political double dealing.
A public hearing on a bill to end campaign cash shuffling is scheduled for Friday.
In 2000, gross earnings for the Nebraska lobby were recorded as $3,002,853. Since then, we have seen increases each year reaching an all-time high in 2019 of $19,405,061. The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, however, brought the steady growth in total earnings to a halt.