New record for early vote in Nebraska midterms
If officials’ participation projections come to pass, roughly 40 percent of the 2022 vote in Nebraska will come early.
Civic readiness for redevelopment
Run-down, potentially contaminated properties – also known as brownfields – can be a drain on the community, but they can also be an opportunity for activating relationships and community strengths.
Devastating, dangerous, untested: NO to Article V convention
In 2022, state senators will consider adding Nebraska to states calling for a first-ever Article V constitutional convention. This would shatter our state’s budget and unleash unpredictable effects on our basic right to vote.
Voter restriction means new costs, complications, consequences
We must not casually sign away our rights in the futile hope that we might feel a little bit better, while actually doing nothing to improve our elections.
Collective Impact Lincoln report touts neighborhood successes, what’s next
‘What Our Neighbors Said’ is a comprehensive look back – and ahead – at building up the Star City’s core neighborhoods.
Data and discussion: 2020 Civic Health Index
On Feb. 4, our Civic Health Program staff hosted Nebraskans from across the state to examine the findings of the 2020 Nebraska Civic Health Index.
Nebraska’s civic life: How do we stack up? What’s next?
Introducing the 2020 Nebraska Civic Health Index, a comprehensive report on key indicators of our state’s civic life – which includes recommendations on how to strengthen Nebraska’s civic health.
2020 was a success. Here’s how our elections can be even better.
Nebraska’s record 2020 election was mainly issue-free but the big shift to early voting uncovered new concerns, a Civic Nebraska report says.
‘State of Civic Affairs’ panel is Dec. 14
Experts in the civic spheres of education, policy, and civic health will weigh in on where we are and what we need to do next.
Curing political intolerance and misperceptions
Few of us argue when we hear that our politics are sick. But what he haven’t considered, perhaps, is that we’re all in some small way part of the contagion. […]