Lawmakers overwhelmingly advance LB514 (voter ID)
LB514 easily survived a filibuster by Sen. Julie Slama and now moves to Select File, the second of three possible rounds of legislative debate.
Voter ID hits the floor May 22
The compromise version, advanced 8-0 this week by the Government Committee, is the “least bad” option among the voter ID bills introduced this session.
What? So What? Now what?: Stopping extreme voter ID
Significant movement has occurred this week in the months-long statehouse discussion about voter ID, and we expect conflict at the State Capitol.
Good news for Lincoln neighborhoods
Collective Impact Lincoln has received a three-year grant to continue its hyperlocal work in the Belmont, Clinton, Everett, Hartley, Near South, and University Place neighborhoods.
The Nation’s Report Card: Our job is clear
For many young people, it’s a struggle to understand how our institutions work and, moreover, why civic engagement is important. It’s going to take all of us to change this.
Our statement on LB535
As described, the current LB535 components appear to be less burdensome than what had been recently proposed.
The Complete Patriot’s Guide to Cinco de Mayo
The holiday was born of geopolitical conflict, persisted via devotion to democracy, revived by 20th-century Mexican-American activism, and morphed by money and marketing into what it is today.
Lincoln: Few concerns in city’s general election
Civic Nebraska trained and deployed about two dozen Election Protectors to observe precincts around the capital city and has responded to several queries to its day-of Election Protection Line
In May, donate to democracy
Officially, Give to Lincoln Day is May 24 – but you can donate to Civic Nebraska starting today, up to and through the big day.
Crossing Divides: a wider look at confronting conflict
Civic Nebraska took part in a three-state pilot project that confronted systemic and structural forces that tend to exacerbate contemporary divisions.