As a private citizen Jessica Moenning shines as unusual power behind Nebraska Governor Ricketts | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Senior adviser to Gov. Pete Ricketts. But not a member of the Ricketts administration or state government. Not a publicly funded position, not working at the State Capitol, but privately paid by the governor and working out of her own strategic consulting firm. Jessica Moenning is something new. And that means there…