Student voice in civic education: LB225 testimony
On Jan. 23, 2023, Civic Nebraska testified before the Education Committee of the Nebraska Legislature in support of Legislative Bill 225. Here’s our testimony.
Restoring the vote in ’23: ‘We’re going to get it done’
The legislation would benefit about 20,000 Nebraskans who have paid their debt to society.
LB225: student voice in civics education
The bill adds a student representative to each Nebraska school district’s Committee on American Civics and provides new options to learn about voting, elections, and civic duty.
Desmond Meade to keynote Strengthening Democracy 2023
The national voting rights activist led the 2018 campaign to restore voting rights to former felons in Florida.
First set of voter ID bills would punish Nebraska voters
The bills, the first of several expected to address voter identification, show the extreme lengths some are willing to go to make it harder for Nebraskans to vote.
Civic Nebraska @ the Statehouse: proposed rules changes
The Legislature’s Rules Committee will be meeting at 1:30 pm on Thursday, Jan. 12, in Hearing Room 1525 at the State Capitol to consider dozens of rules change proposals.
Restore the vote: Let’s get LB20 passed in 2023
Punishing people by restricting their right to vote for years beyond their sentence is archaic, excessive, and unjustified – and LB20 would correct that.
Civic Nebraska @ the Statehouse: 2023 preview
The Nebraska Legislature convenes on Jan. 4. Here’s what we’re watching.
Civic education gets a big year-end boost
The $23 million allocation in the year-end omnibus bill includes investments in classroom instruction in civics, government and history, service learning, and media literacy.
Protect our nonpartisan Legislature
Our state senators must have the freedom to vote for who they believe is most qualified to serve in leadership roles at the statehouse.