50 Years After the Voting Rights Act Became Law, It Needs to be Restored (Blog) 8/6/2015 Fifty years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act (VRA) into law, calling the day ''a triumph for freedom." The VRA was…
Voting Rights Act Marks Fiftieth Anniversary (Press Release) 8/6/2015 Calls for Restoration of Historic Legislation Sound Nationwide; President Obama Backs National Voter Registration Day Washington, DC – The League of…
League Advocates for Continued Funding to Restore the Great Lakes (Legal Document) 8/5/2015 The League joined other coalition partners in sending a letter to the Office of Management and Budget requesting continued funding for Great Lakes…
Finalized Clean Power Plan Outlines Key Ways to Stop Climate Change (Blog) 8/5/2015 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final version of the Clean Power Plan - the first ever limits on carbon pollution from power…
BREAKING NEWS: EPA Announces Final Carbon Regulation (Blog) 8/3/2015 Today is an EXCITING day! The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its Clean Power Plan—the first ever limits on carbon pollution from…
Landmark Clean Power Plan Will Save Lives, Protect Environment (Press Release) 8/3/2015 EPA Plan Sets First National Standards Limiting Carbon Pollution Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Environmental Agency (EPA) unveiled its long-…
Meet the League: Betsy Lawson (Blog) 7/31/2015 In honor of 95 years of Making Democracy Work®, LWVVUS staff members are sharing stories about their work with the League. Betsy Lawson, Senior…
New Research: Issues, Common-Sense Voting Options Key to Youth Turnout (Blog) 7/28/2015 Our smart friends at CIRCLE (the Center for information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement) have crunched the latest U.S. Census election…
Finding the Elections Information I Craved (Blog) 7/22/2015 Editorial Note: This blog post was written by our intern, Elizabeth Ahrens After the months of endless campaigning during the 2012 presidential…
League Joins Comments to Census Bureau (Article) 7/20/2015 The League joined national civil rights, voting rights, labor and criminal justice organizations in submitting comments to the Census Bureau asking…