New audit slams state agency for spending on photo shoot, $44,000 speaker's fee, reimbursements for alcohol and cigarettes. Agency defends some of its spending as necessary to promote the state and, in some cases, an effort to save money.
Auditor: State Tourism Commission 'took Advantage Of The Nebraska Taxpayers'
By Paul Hammel / World-Herald Bureau, Omaha World-Herald
Sat, 04/30/2016 - 7:42am
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