League Urges Support for HR 9, the Climate Action Now Act (Legal Document) 4/8/2019 The League and coalition partners support passage of HR 9, the Climate Action Now Act.
Breaking Down the Partisan Gerrymandering Cases Before the U.S. Supreme Court (Blog) 3/21/2019 The set of gerrymandering cases before the U.S. Supreme Court this spring is easy to remember if you think of a movie production countdown: “3-2-1,…
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Blog) 2/12/2019 In December, the LWV UN Observer for Climate, Robin Tokmakian, and three Delegates (Rebecca Boyd of LWV Wilmette, IL, and Claudia…
Leagues Help to Secure Redistricting Win in Utah (Blog) 12/18/2018 Proposition 4 promises an independent redistricting commission to draw lines for electoral districts: those in power will no longer shape their districts and choose their voters.
Leagues Support Redistricting Initiatives on November 6th Ballots (Blog) 10/29/2018 In states across the country, the League is working to put the power to draw lines in the hands of the people, not politicians.
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.
LWVUS Position on Redistricting (Article) 6/20/2018 This is the Leagues official position on redistricting as adopted by the delegates at the 2016 LWVUS Convention.
League Comments on Proposed Repeal of EPA's Clean Power Plan (Legal Document) 1/10/2018 LWVUS submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency with regard to their plan to repeal the Clean Power Plan.
League Representatives Attend UN's COP23 (Blog) 12/8/2017 Ten representatives from the League of Women Voters were among the 25,000 attendees from 197 countries to attend the UN's climate conference, COP23, this November in Bonn, Germany.
Reflections on the State of Women (Blog) 6/15/2016 I attended the United State of Women Summit hosted by the White House, which highlighted the White House’s initiatives on women and girls, was a star studded event with political heavy weights,…