League of Women Voters Celebrates 50 Years (News Clips) 5/19/2014 For half a century, the League of Women Voters of Alpena County has been helping to educate the public on issues of importance to an informed Democracy.
League Continues to Push to Restore the Voting Rights Act (Legal Document) 5/15/2014 The League continues efforts to restore the Voting Rights Act with a letter to the House of Representatives.
League of Women Voters Organizes Public Forums on Yakima County law, Justice (News Clips) 5/12/2014 When a study highly critical of Yakima County’s law and justice system known as the Hutton Report was released in 2012, two members of the local League of Women Voters decided that something needed
Acquiring State-Issued ID can be Difficult, Expensive (News Clips) 5/12/2014 The failure of so many Wisconsin citizens to obtain a state-issued ID, despite how valuable such an ID is for transacting business in the state, is testimony to how difficult and expensive it is fo
LETTER: Yes on Prop. 42! (News Clips) 5/12/2014 We almost lost it — our right to our own public records and participation in public meetings.
Nearly 200 Turn Out for Philly School-Management Vote (News Clips) 5/5/2014 NEARLY 200 parents turned out yesterday at a Nicetown elementary school for a vote that should determine whether it will remain a traditional public school or be run by a charter operator.
Victory in Wisconsin on Voter ID May Have Broader Implications (Blog) 5/2/2014 Challenging a law on its face is always a very difficult thing to do. But as we have seen over the years since voter ID laws have been applied, these laws discriminate.
The Frontier of Climate Change: State and Local Action in the Heartland (Blog) 4/29/2014 On Earth Day 2014, the League of Women Voters of the United States and the League of Women Voters of Iowa joined with The New Republic Magazine and Drake University in Iowa to sponsor a forum focused…
Obama Administration’s Climate Action Plan on Track (Blog) 4/23/2014 On Earth Day, I met with the Counselor to President Obama and the White House Office of Public Engagement, along with other advocates, to talk about the President’s Climate Action Plan.