Attorney general sues web of dark money groups funded by foreign billionaire

LINCOLN — Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers sued Swiss national Hansjörg Wyss and six Wyss-backed entities for illegally contributing foreign funds to six Nebraska ballot question committees. Nebraska law makes it “unlawful for a foreign national, directly or indirectly, to make a contribution to a ballot question committee.” Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1479.03(2). Since the Legislature e...