Representing Middle Eastern and North African Citizens in the Census (Blog) 5/15/2024 A proposed expansion to the racial identification categories in the US Census would increase representation for the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) community.
League of Women Voters Joins Michelle Obama, When We All Vote and 30 More Organizations in Fight For Our Vote Pledge Ahead of Midterms (Press Release) 1/10/2022 Thirty-one voting organizations and civil rights groups representing millions join When We All Vote Co-Chair Michelle Obama in pledge to fight for voting rights and organize voters in New York Times…
LWV urges Biden to immediately shut down Dakota Access Pipeline (Legal Document) 2/8/2021 The League joined a letter lead by the Indigenous Environmental Network urging the President and Vice President to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) .
The Hill: Pandemic imperils redistricting reform efforts (News Clips) 7/22/2020 The coronavirus outbreak has caused disruption for redistricting reform in states where groups have attempted to use the ballot initative process to reform the redistricting process.
ABC News: Groups answer Supreme Court with million-dollar push to counter gerrymandering (News Clips) 9/5/2019 This story was originally published by ABC News. After a setback at the Supreme Court earlier this year, advocates for what they see as…
Trump Administration Announces Regulation to Replace the Clean Power Plan (Blog) 8/21/2018 The Trump Administration announced their plan to gut the Obama Administration regulation that combats climate change by setting the first-ever federal limits on carbon pollution from power plants.
The Charlotte Observer: With Kennedy gone from Supreme Court, what's next for NC gerrymandering case? (News Clips) 6/29/2018 The League of Women Voters of North Carolina is a plaintiff in a case challenging the state's 13 congressional districts as extreme unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders.
EPA Accepting Comments on Plan to Repeal the Clean Power Plan (Blog) 11/20/2017 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced it’s plan to move forward with the repeal of the Clean Power Plan, which would regulate the carbon pollution from existing power plants.
League Thanks President Obama for Protecting Arctic and Atlantic Oceans (Legal Document) 1/25/2017 The League joined partners on a letter to President Obama thanking him for taking historic action to protect the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans from offshore drilling.
21 NGOs: Excluding Arctic and Atlantic from Offshore Leasing Moves U.S. Closer to Clean Energy Future (Press Release) 11/18/2016 WASHINGTON (November 18, 2016) – The Obama Administration took bold action today, announcing it will exclude the Arctic Ocean from its oil and gas leasing progr