OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The embattled board chairman of an Omaha community college says he won't resign but will not run for re-election in November.
The Omaha World-Herald reports that Fred Conley repeated at a news conference Monday that he's done nothing wrong.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development banned Conley from participating in federal contracts for three years because he failed to disclose a potential conflict of interest while serving on the Omaha Housing Authority board. He's been under pressure to leave his Metropolitan Community College Board of Governors position, lest his continued presence jeopardize Metro's federal funding. The college received $32.7 million in federal student aid in the 2014-15 school year.
Conley has filed a federal lawsuit to overturn the Housing Department's action.
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