The Leaguer, September - December 2019
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View the September – December 2019 LWV/ABC newsletter…
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LWV Article for The Bottom Line News and Views August 2019
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By Jan Penn, Board Member, and Anne Chartier, President - League of Women Voters of Ashland and Bayfield Counties
Current healthcare access, coverages and protections offered by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are at grave risk of ending should the Texas Federal Appeals Court move to invalidate the entire ACA, and the decision were upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. Should this occur almost every Wisconsin citizen would be impacted…
Read MoreLWV Article for The Bottom Line June 2019
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By Jo Bailey, Member — League of Women Voters of Ashland and Bayfield Counties
Did any of you voters (or even non-voters) know that The Nineteenth Amendment (XIX) to the US Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex? It was ratified on August 18, 1920 and certified by the US Secretary of State on August 26, 1920…
Read MoreLWV Celebrates the 19th Amendment, Monday, June 10
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Monday, June 10th, 6 p.m.
League of Women Voters of Ashland & Bayfield Counties
Celebrate the 19th Amendment!
Natural Resources Advocacy
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In our previous newsletter we reported on the LWVWI position in support of the protection of water quality and quantity, and specifically the following verbiage: “Work to eliminate all emergency discharges or spills of untreated sewage, or waste or polluting materials into the environment that threaten public health and the environment by potentially contaminating sources of clean water for humans, wildlife habitat and fisheries.
With this position in mind, the LWV/ABC is pleased to be co-sponsoring a public forum April 15th on Ashland’s sewage overflow problem…
Read MoreEnd Child Poverty Campaign: Poverty Reduction Goal
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In 2014 the Wisconsin Council of Churches, WISDOM, Citizen Action of Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families (now Kids Forward) launched a dialogue on poverty with faith-based leaders and congregants across Wisconsin…
Read MoreBottom Line Article February 2019, Children and Poverty...What can be done?
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Too many children face economic barriers to achieving their full potential. In Ashland and Bayfield Counties over 20 percent of children live in poverty. The Wisconsin End Child Poverty Campaign wants to do something about this…
Read MoreLively Issues Sets League Goals - January 2019
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Please mark your calendars for an important League gathering we call Lively Issues on Tuesday, January 29 at 6:30 in the Washburn Library.
Lively Issues is the opportunity for you to become fully informed about the work our local League is engaged in. It is a chance to comment on and affirm or question what we are doing. It is also the place to propose issues you think the League should focus on…
Read MoreBottom Line Article December: In 2019 Let Us Pledge To End Childhood Poverty
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This is an incredibly heartwarming time of year in the North Country. Everywhere you look, in every community, individuals, churches, businesses, and civic organizations are generously making sure that everyone in our community has gifts to open and a holiday meal. In fact our counties can take pride in being seen as one of the most benevolent places to live in the US.
To build on this impressive culture, the League of Women Voters of Ashland and Bayfield Counties (LWV/ABC) is urging that we “up our game” and join a new statewide coalition to end childhood poverty in Wisconsin in the next ten years…
Read MoreBottom Line Article, November 2018
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As we put election season behind us and look forward toward the holidays, some of us may be struggling with how to engage friends and family who hold ideals and political positions that are at odds with our own. The League of Women Voters of Ashland and Bayfield Counties has created a new focus area of Civic Engagement to deal with just this issue…
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