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Rural Midwest

New Member Spotlight: L.J. McElravy Advocates for Compromise in Nebraska

SSN is excited to welcome L.J. McElravy, an associate professor of leadership at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, as the 1900th member to join the...
Abortion rights

3 Experts Available for Timely Analysis on Ohio Abortion Rights Ballot Measure

Abortion is on the ballot tomorrow in Ohio. If the ballot measure passes, it would protect the right to abortion up through fetal viability—or about...
Courthouse

2 Experts Available for Timely Analysis on SCOTUS Immigration Case

This month the Supreme Court is set to rule on United States v. Texas , an immigration case that challenges the Biden Administration's policy for...
border patrol

5 Experts Available for Timely Analysis on Immigration Debate

The immigration debate has taken center stage in Washington DC yet again: the Trump-era health order known as Title 42 — which allowed US border...
Utah

Chapter Spotlight: For Utah SSN, a Deep and Fast-Paced Dive into Policy

“We had an idea of some of the bills that were going to come up. We wanted to figure out how to get people prepared to engage in a way that might be...
Voting Booth

Member Spotlight: Zoltan Hajnal’s Years-Long Push for On-Cycle Elections

“The easiest, most politically viable, and most effective way to expand turnout and make local democracy more representative is to shift the timing of...
ICE

3 Experts Available for Timely Analysis on SCOTUS Immigration Case

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will be hearing United States v. Texas , an immigration case that challenges the Biden Administration's policy for...
Confluence

Chapter Spotlight: Confluence SSN Highlights State Election Changes

“Election rules keep changing. So there's always new things to try and explain to people,” David Kimball, Confluence SSN co-leader As voters all...
Voting booth

Local Experts Available for Timely Analysis on Key Midterm Races

With the midterm elections around the corner, local university-based experts are available to offer political commentary and analysis on elections in...
US Capitol

12 Experts Available on Midterm Election Administration, Turnout, and More

With the midterm elections around the corner, the following university-based experts are available to offer commentary and analysis on a broad range...