LINCOLN--Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced his 2024 legislative priorities today alongside the three state senators introducing legislation, Senators Bosn, Ibach, and Armendariz. The bills all focus on strengthening the protections for vulnerable …
This year when I came into office, it was a priority for me to build relationships with law enforcement across the state. In January, I started by visiting Colfax County, and over the subsequent months, I have driven across Nebraska to courthouses and …
Thursday, December 21, 2023
LINCOLN – Today, Attorney General Hilgers and a bipartisan group of 52 state attorneys general announced a $700 million settlement with Google in their lawsuit about Google’s anticompetitive conduct related to the Google Play Store. As part of the …
As Attorney General, one of my most solemn obligations is to protect Nebraska’s children from those who prey upon them. And as a dad with four school-aged children, I know firsthand the challenges of being a parent in today’s age. Unfortunately, reckless …
On November 27, Nebraska joined 18 states in challenging the Department of Health and Human Services’ proposed rule, the Safe and Appropriate Foster Care Placement Requirements for Titles IV-E and IV-B. The proposed rule unlawfully conditions federal …
Attorney General Hilgers today announces that consumers who purchased Red Way tickets for flights out of the Lincoln Airport that were later cancelled should have now all received full refunds. Following the cessation of Red Way Airlines at the end of …
Kevin Kilmer, 27, was sentenced by Judge Mark Kozisek in Cherry County District Court, Valentine, Nebraska, for the 2021 murder of Ruth Wittmuss, 52, which occurred in Kilgore. The trial took place in August of this year. Kilmer was sentenced to life in …
Friday, November 17, 2023
The Attorney General’s Office is alerting Consumers to be aware of bank scams because they are on the rise. The Federal Trade Commission has reported a tenfold increase in bank scams in the last three years. Scams usually begin as fake emails or text …
Lincoln--Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers has filed a lawsuit against Stanger Enterprises, LLC, aka "Premier Pools and Spas." Premier Pools has extracted large sums of money by deceiving Nebraska homeowners and sought to unlawfully stifle …
Today, Judge James Stecker sentenced Bart Beutler in York County District Court to 100-130 years in prison for the murder of his wife, Stacie Beutler. Beutler, 48, was accused in January 2023 of killing Stacie Beutler, 46, in their home. Beutler was …
Identity theft remains the number one consumer fraud report category nationally, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Consumer fraud is made easier the more our personal information is available to potential scammers—the more they know, the more …
It is a long-established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using 'Content here, …
LINCOLN--Today, Attorney General Mike Hilgers launches a major statewide action against retailers selling mislabeled and deceptive THC-containing products that present a danger to Nebraskans. “The sale of these deceptive, mislabeled, dangerous products …
Lincoln --Today, Attorney General Mike Hilgers joined 41 other state attorneys general in suing Meta in federal and state courts around the country. The complaints allege that the company knowingly designed and deployed harmful features on Instagram and …
Attorney General Mike Hilgers is pleased to announce Bebe Strnad as the new Chief of the Consumer Protection Bureau. “I am excited to welcome Bebe to the Attorney General’s Office. Her skills, talent, and complex litigation and enforcement experience will …
Thursday, October 19, 2023
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