LWVUS Urges the EPA to Help Reduce Methane Pollution (Legal Document) 2/13/2023 LWVUS urges the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take additional measures to reduce methane air pollution from the oil and gas industry.
LWVUS Joins Letter Urging the Administration not to Issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on an Asylum Ban (Legal Document) 1/18/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined nearly 300 civil, human rights, and immigrant rights organizations on a letter to President Biden urging the Administration not to issue a…
LWVUS Submits Comments to HHS on Healthy People 2030 Objectives (Legal Document) 12/2/2022 LWVUS submitted public comments to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the proposed Healthy People 2030 objectives. The League articulated why the objective to increase the…
Boise's Shiva Rajbhandari debriefs us on COP27 (News Clips) 12/2/2022 As an official representative of the national League of Women Voters, Shiva Rajbhandari talked to Boise State Public Radio about the COP27 Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
League of Women Voters aims to get Nebraska women involved in government (News Clips) 11/20/2022 This story originally aired on KLKN TV. The League of Women’s Voters of Nebraska is preparing for a busy legislative session in 2023.
Beyond the Ballot: League of Women Voters of Athens County Defends, Advocates for Democracy (News Clips) 11/9/2022 This profile was originally published by The Post. The League of Women Voters of Athens County had already made its impact on local races prior to voters making their way to the polls and casting…
Reproductive Rights Are on the Ballot (Blog) 11/1/2022 In June 2022, the US Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and ending the federal constitutional right to…
Dottye Ricks: Reject the deceit, misinformation, and just plain hogwash (News Clips) 10/30/2022 This piece was originally published in VTDigger. This commentary is by Dottye Ricks of Barre Town, a Reproductive Liberty Amendment liaison for the League of Women Voters, of which she’s been a…
League of Women Voters dedicated to educating, registering voters (News Clips) 10/1/2022 This story was originally published by The City Journals. Many voters have paged through a booklet of candidates and chances are, it came from the League of Women Voters. Perhaps a great number of…
LWVUS Joins Public Statement of Concerns Related to the Impact of Police Funding Bills in the Wake of Dobbs (Legal Document) 9/21/2022 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a public statement urging Congress not to enact laws that expand federal resources for policing, prosecution, and other criminal-legal practices…