League Submits Amicus Brief in Juliana v. US (Legal Document) 3/5/2019 LWVUS and LWVOR submitted an amicus brief to the 9th Circuit in the case of Juliana v. U.S. The brief argues in favor of the young plaintiffs arguing…
League of Women Voters Statement on President Trump’s Emergency Order to Build a Border Wall (Press Release) 2/15/2019 WASHINGTON – The League of Women Voters CEO Virginia Kase issued the following statement following President Trump's declaration of a national…
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…
League Urges House and Senate to Re-Open the Government (Legal Document) 1/23/2019 The League sent a memo to the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate urging them to pass a bill that re-opens the government and to…
League joins over 600 Organizations urging support for bold climate action (Legal Document) 1/10/2019 The League urged Congress to consider the following principles as the 116th Congress debates climate change legislation. Please note this is not an…
League of Women Voters Responds to President Trump’s Address (Press Release) 1/9/2019 The President Should Fund the Government – Not a Border Wall Washington, DC – The League of Women Voters of the United States…
The League Urges Trump Administration to Acknowledge the Impact of Climate Change (Press Release) 12/12/2018 League UN Observers for Climate Working with Paris Agreement Parties at International Conference KATOWICE, POLAND - The League of Women Voters of…
Two Climate Reports, One Conclusion: "It’s happening. It’s now." (Blog) 12/4/2018 This guest blog post was written by Launa Zimmaro, Energy and Environment Specialist at the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts. Two…, Because of the complexity and political difficulty of the issue, climate change has largely been left on the cutting-room floor of political agendas…
League Joins Call to Protect and Strengthen SNAP in Farm Bill (Legal Document) 9/18/2018 The League joined a letter to the conferees of the Farm Bill asking them to protect and strengthen the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
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…