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LWV US 'IMPACT ON ISSUES 2024-2026'

LWVUS Press Releases

The ERA, guaranteeing equality of rights for women, has been ratified by 38 states. Click on Read More for LWVGT President Emily Bridson's suggested language for asking Biden to instruct the US Archivist to certify and publish the ERA in the Constitution.

LWVUS' president and CEO thank League members and election workers for supporting our fair and free voting process and express commitment to our mission of defending democracy. Click on Read More for their full statement.

A series of monthly podcasts produced by the League of Women Voters of Arizona provides accurate information about our election system. Twelve episodes are available. Click on Read More to learn how you can listen.

PCC's proposed 2025 fiscal year budget will be published in the Arizona Daily Star on May 28 and June 4, 2024, and a public hearing and Board meeting to adopt the budget and set property tax rates and levies will be held on June 12. Click on Read More for the complete report on the May 8 meeting.

The Pima Community College Governing Board approved a $3.00 per credit hour tuition increase for the 2024-2025 school year. Click on Read More for links and the full report.

A highlight of LWVAZ's annual Legislative Week is the daily Lunch and Learn programs, keeping League members throughout the state informed about what is going on in the Arizona legislature. Click on Read More for links to the recordings.

Watch the 2024 Issues & Eggs panel discussion: "Missing & Murdered Indigenous People: Shining a Light on a Continuing Crisis," with Wenona Benally, April Ignacio, Alfred Urbina, Valaura Imus-Nahsonhoya, and Victoria Steele, moderator. Click on Read More.

LWVGT President Victor Bowleg explains on Channel 13 News that two bills that would bring back precinct voting would make voting harder for eligible voters. Click on Read More for a link to the video.

Federal Funding for Immigration Services Is Ending.
With federal funding to help provide shelter and security for legal asylum seekers ending on March 31, the Board addressed the impact and options for Pima County. Click on Read More for our full Observer Corps report.

The League of Women Voters' Citizens Directory is a comprehensive directory of all elected officials representing Pima County residents at all levels of government: federal, state, tribal, county, and city. Click on Read More for a link to the Directory on line.

The Tucson City Council approved fee increases for Reid Park Zoo and the city golf courses. Click on Read More for the full report.

Naturalization ceremonies occur twice a month in Tucson, and LWVGT, working with the Pima County Recorder's office, is there! Linda Maccabe, Voter Services chair, says "New Citizens register at the ceremony or take registration packets with them as they leave.”

The Board accepted the resignation of Sharon Bronson, who has served as a Pima County Supervisors for 27 years. Applications for her replacement will be accepted until December 1. Click on Read more for the full report.

Pima County is looking for ideas and feedback for effective ways to reduce greenhouse gases. The EPA has awarded it a Climate Pollution Reduction Grant to develop a plan to reduce climate pollution. This questionnaire is the first step. Click on Read More for the link.

Munds used the initiative power in the new state's Constitution to win the right to vote for Arizona women eight years before the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Click on Read More to learn about her.

Members of the LWVGT Observer Corp now observe and report on meetings of the TUSD and Pima Community College Boards as well as the Pima County Supervisors and Tucson City Council. Click on Read More for a link to all of their reports.

Fifty high school girls interested in entering public service received inspiration and guidance from 18 elected officials at this annual event, held this year at Santa Rita School. Click on Read More to read more!

The LWV Arizona Advocacy Issue Teams provide an overview of the bills the League supported or opposed that were passed by the 2023 Arizona legislature - and then signed or vetoed by Gov. Hobbs. Click on Read More for their report.

LWVGT's President Victor Bowleg and Membership Chair Kate Stewart were at U of A this week with information about registering to vote, about the League, and to sign up students for Tucson Youth Vote, the league's new nonpartisan youth initiative.

Every August 26 we commemorate women gaining the right to vote. Click on Read More for President Biden's proclamation and LWVUS CEO Virginia Kase Solomón's discussion of women's equality in a post-Dobbs world.