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Video Special: Investigation raises more questions for election chief
Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog An investigation by Nebraska Watchdog is raising more questions about fair elections in Omaha. The questions coincide with two state hearings which potentially find...
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Video Special: Johanns reluctant to stamp Hagel’s views as ‘extreme’
Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog When it comes to accusations that former Sen. Chuck Hagel’s (NE-R) views on the world are “extreme” Republican Sen. Mike Johanns is reluctant to sing that song. During...
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Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog The political fallout from Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy’s sudden resignation is making noise from one end of the state to the other. KFAB radio spoke with Nebraska Watchdog’s Joe...
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Exclusive: City Council president opposes Suttle’s reelection
Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog OMAHA—The number two man at city hall wants to see a change at the top. In an exclusive interview with Nebraska Watchdog, City Council President Tom Mulligan says he is...
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Video Exclusive: Suttle opposes Governor’s plan to cut income taxes
Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog Republican Governor Dave Heineman’s grand plan to cut the state’s income tax has run into its first major political opponent. In an exclusive on camera interview (see...
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Video Special: Tax battle finds Gov fighting death by delay
Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog If there’s one thing lawmakers are good at it’s talking—sometimes even talking something to death. Gov. Dave Heineman And that’s just what’s on tap for Governor Dave...
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Welch’s 15 second TV ad: Fad or future?
Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog OMAHA–Got a minute? How about 15 seconds? Because that’s how long (or not long) it takes to watch mayoral hopeful Dan Welch’s latest TV ad. It also appears to be the...
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Video Special: Johanns ponders Heineman’s next move.
Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog Will Gov. Dave Heineman take the plunge and run for Mike Johanns’s unexpectedly open Senate seat? While Heineman refused to say yes or no Monday afternoon, Johanns says...
View ArticleVideo Special: It’s loud and clear, Janssen wants to be governor.
Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog If you don’t think State Sen. Charlie Janssen wants to be governor, you don’t know shout. No it wasn’t the infamous Howard Dean yelling and screaming show but Janssen’s...
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Fahey to Ashford: Raise more money.
Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog OMAHA—In an exclusive interview with Nebraska Watchdog, former Mayor Mike Fahey has a piece of advice for Brad Ashford: raise more money. Mike Fahey Ashford, an...
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Video Special: Nabity defends fundraising numbers
Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog OMAHA—Mayoral hopeful Dave Nabity is downplaying what critics call his lack of campaign cash. Dave Nabity Two years ago Nabity was considered a fund raising machine as he...
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Video Special: Suttle ad targets ‘assault weapons’ revisits Von Maur
Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog OMAHA—Mayor Jim Suttle is the last candidate in the race with a TV ad but he’s the first and only one targeting guns and ammo. “I’m the only candidate who would ban...
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Video Special: Suttle’s anti-gun ad is built to stay as criticism rolls in
Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog Mayor Jim Suttle If you think Mayor Jim Suttle’s controversial TV ad is a one day wonder, think again. The commercial, targeting guns and ammo and loaded with numbers...
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Video Special: Suttle’s Race to Lose?
Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog Jim Suttle OMAHA—If Mayor Jim Suttle isn’t reelected he may be able to blame a lot of things but one won’t be the built-in edge he has going into this spring’s vote....
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Councilman sorry for T-shirt depicting councilwoman as stripper
Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog Jean Stothert and Chris Jerram during calmer times. OMAHA—He calls it the “dumbest” point of his political career. But Democratic City Councilman Chris Jerram tells...
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Video Exclusive: Stothert notes ‘vicious attacks’ in fundraising letter
Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog Republican mayoral hopeful Jean Stothert is trying to turn recent personal attacks against her into some last minute campaign cash. Jean Stothert Over the weekend...
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Analysis: Nabity’s anti-Stothert ad puts campaign in focus
Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog OMAHA—Dave Nabity’s latest TV ad attacking Jean Stothert publicly confirms what some of the campaigns have been saying privately: Republican Stothert is running second to...
View ArticleVideo Special: Suttle ad touts two fights, financial and flood
Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog OMAHA—As he runs for re-election Mayor Jim Suttle has looked back at the Flood of 2011—it’s a big part of his latest TV ad— and said, “We did not become New Orleans.” Was...
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Video Special: Charges of police brutality ‘caught on tape’ hit mayor’s race
Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog OMAHA—The latest charges of police brutality caught on tape have re-energized at least one mayoral candidate’s demand for an independent police auditor. Dave Nabity...
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Video Special: Chief vows to ‘get to the bottom’ of caught-on-tape case
Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog OMAHA—Following charges of police brutality in a caught-on-tape incident (see video below) involving a dozen officers—one seen throwing an individual to the ground—Police...
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