As private energy developer Tenaska scoured southeast Nebraska for land to house a potential data center and power plant, the company found several Gage County landowners willing to sell — including a state lawmaker.
Sen. Myron Dorn, whose district includes Gage County and parts of southeast Lancaster County, signed an agreement with Tenaska earlier this year, allowing the company the exclusive right and option to purchase about 80 acres of his land in Gage County.
Dorn, who is in his eighth year in the Legislature, had not publicly disclosed the potential land deal as a conflict when he was contacted by the Flatwater Free Press on Monday. On Tuesday, he filed a disclosure noting the agreement and potential conflict of interest it posed…