By Rob Nikolewski | New Mexico Watchdog

SANTA FE — A bill that would stiffen penalties for public officials convicted of corruption charges — include potentially forfeiting their state pensions as well as banning them from lobbying or entering into contracts with the state — cruised through the House Judiciary Committee on Monday (Jan. 30) and is [...]

The man in the middle of some small town missing money says he didn’t take the cash and insists he has the lie detector test results to prove it.
Johnson County Sheriff James Wenzl tells Nebraska Watchdog he reported the lost cash to the Nebraska Attorney General’s office a year ago, after a routine county audit. Wenzl says at first [...]

A small town is missing some big money and a top state official is pushing for answers.
Nebraska State Auditor Mike Foley says at least $31,000 is missing from the Johnson County Sheriff’s office in Tecumseh, Nebraska. According to an audit released today the money, most of it cash, was under the direct control of Sheriff James [...]

The Supreme Court could be on its way to repealing a critical anti-corruption law that has protected the public from dishonest public servants and influence peddlers for years. The Honest Services Fraud Law has safeguarded the public interest by criminalizing any behavior that deprives citizens of “honest services.”
The Supreme Court is “skeptical” that the law [...]