By design? One of mayor’s favorite artists gets piece of $3.64 million plaza project

By   /  May 21, 2013  /  Featured, Nebraska, News  /  12 Comments

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The story begins outside a city-owned Hilton Hotel in Omaha featuring five Dangos, Japanese sculptor Jun Kaneko’s signature ovular ceramic pieces.

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Video exclusive: Stothert’s tax and spending cuts. What? When?

By   /  May 20, 2013  /  Nebraska, Nebraska Video  /  44 Comments

Mayor-elect Jean Stothert will be sworn in June 10. Her first budget is due in mid-July.

Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog
OMAHA—With her budget due in 60 days Mayor-elect Jean Stothert tells Nebraska Watchdog she knows where millions of dollars can be saved, she’s just not saying when.
In an exclusive interview (see below) with Nebraska Watchdog’s Joe Jordan, Stothert details new areas of big savings.
And then there’s those tax cuts she wants. [...]

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Nebraska gets ‘F’ for oversight of superPACs, other outside groups

By   /  May 17, 2013  /  Featured, Nebraska, News  /  3 Comments

A new report gives Nebraska a failing grade for its oversight of spending by outside groups in campaigns.

By Deena Winter | Nebraska Watchdog
Updated 12:40 p.m.
LINCOLN – Nebraska received a failing grade in a new report for the state’s lack of oversight in spending by superPACs, nonprofits and other groups.
Nebraska is among 26 states that got an “F” for its disclosure requirements — or lack thereof — for independent spending, according to a report by the [...]

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Video special: NRA sees Stothert’s win as Bloomberg’s loss

By   /  May 17, 2013  /  Nebraska, Nebraska Video  /  22 Comments

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Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog
OMAHA—Remember Mayor Jim Suttle’s anti-gun campaign commercial?
If you don’t (see it below) the National Rifle Association does.
While Mayor-elect Jean Stothert thanked a lot of folks for her Tuesday night win over Suttle a band of voters she didn’t directly thank is now getting a big pat on the back from the country’s [...]

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Analysis: Stothert landslide. How? What’s next?

By   /  May 15, 2013  /  Nebraska, Nebraska Featured, Nebraska Video  /  75 Comments

Mayor-Elect Jean Stothert celebrates her win

Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog
OMAHA—A west Omaha Republican landslide has handed Republican Jean Stothert the keys to the corner office on the 3rd floor of City Hall come June 10.
Stothert’s 57-42 win over incumbent Democrat Jim Suttle earns her the title of Omaha’s 51st mayor and the city’s first female chief executive.
How did she pile up such big numbers [...]

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