10 Ways the League of Women Voters Has Helped Improve Our Country (Blog) 2/4/2015 In honor of the League of Women Voters' 95th anniversary, here are 10 ways the League has helped strengthen our democracy and ensure equality over the past century.
Obama Administration Misses Deadline on Power Plant Pollution (Press Release) 4/15/2013 Today, the League expressed disappointment with the Obama Administration for missing a key deadline to set industrial carbon pollution standards for new power plants.
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy Speaks with League Members (Blog) 8/27/2014 League members were offered a unique experience to join a call with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Gina McCarthy to discuss the EPA's Clean Power Plan, which limits…
Leagues Take the Lead on the Affordable Care Act (Blog) 10/3/2013 State and local Leagues throughout the country have been working with government agencies, health care providers and advocates to get the word out to the American people on the Affordable Care Act…
MORE THAN 2 MILLION COMMENTS SUPPORTING EPA PROTECTIONS AGAINST CARBON POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE COLLECTED (Press Release) 6/22/2012 The League and a broad coalition of groups supporting clean air safeguards announced they have collected more than two million comments in support of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA)…
Advocating at the U.S. Supreme Court for Campaign Finance Regulations, Independent Redistricting and the Affordable Care Act (Blog) 2/6/2015 The League’s advocacy work in the courts, just like our lobbying in Congress and with the Executive, builds our influence in the political process.
LWVUS Joins Letter Urging Congress to Support National Paid Sick and Safe Days Standard (Legal Document) 6/15/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a sign-on letter urging Congress to support the Healthy Families Act, which would create a national paid sick and safe days standard.
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 Sends Memo to U.S. Senate Regarding Supreme Court Nominee (Article) 2/1/2017 The League sent a memo to the U.S. Senate about the most recent nominee to the Supreme Court.
LWVMA Continues Fight to Preserve Women’s Access to Reproductive Health Facilities (Blog) 1/22/2015 The League of Women Voters of Massachusetts guest blogs on their new buffer zone law for the 42nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade.