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Station Says Some Nebraska Senators’ Financial Reports Lack Specifics

ne-legislature-13LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Public records show some Nebraska legislators have not been filing specific annual reports about their financial interests, as required by the state.

NET News reports that more than a dozen of the state’s 49 legislators list investment accounts with financial firms, but not individual stocks, bonds or fund in the accounts, as mandated by law.

Frank Daley with the state Accountability and Disclosure Commission says the system depends on self-reporting and says that, “If there is a general misunderstanding out there as to what is required, I’ve got a concern.”

Jack Gould of the government watchdog group Common Cause says Nebraska law may require the disclosures, but the state doesn’t bar senators from voting on measures affecting companies in which they hold stock or other financial interests.

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