Nebraska’s governor doesn’t carry a state-issued phone. Critics call it an abuse of state disclosure laws.
Flatwater sought the call logs from Gov. Jim Pillen’s cellphone. Four months later, his office said the records don’t exist.
June 19, 2026Updated: June 19, 2026
By News Channel Nebraska
By News Channel Nebraska
Gov. Jim Pillen’s office responded to a public records request for two years of call logs by stating no such records existed. In response to repeated follow-up questions, a spokesperson told the Flatwater Free Press that the outlet was more "interested in political hits and sensationalism than news that matters to hardworking Nebraskans." Photo by Lily Smith/Flatwater Free Press