Press Release Archive

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Press Release   November 5, 2021
PRESS RELEASE: WV Accountants Support Patriotism in Tax Code and Need for Billionaires to Pay Their Fair Share
Accountants, tax lawyers, and financial services professionals in West Virginia have voiced their support for Manchin's sentiment that billionaires and the ultra-wealthy must do their part.  More
Issues: Build Back Better, Fair taxation

Press Release Eve Marcum-Atkinson November 4, 2021
PRESS RELEASE: Townhall Show Benefits of the Build Back Better Act for West Virginians
Charleston W.V. — Last week, nearly 4,500 West Virginians participated in a telephone town hall on the benefits of the Build Back Better Act. The event was sponsored by West Virginia United for Social and Economic Justice.  More
Issues: care, Infrastructure, Jobs

Press Release   October 26, 2021
PRESS RELEASE: American Billionaires Got 62% Richer During Pandemic — Almost All That Wealth Growth Will Go Income-tax Free, Showing Need For Biden’s Tax Reforms & Investment Plans
Billionaires’ Collective Fortune Grew $1.8 Trillion Over 17 Months, Enough to Pay for Over Half of Biden’s Proposed $3.5 Trillion Investment in Healthcare, Education & More  More
Issues: Build Back Better, Fair taxation, Taxes

Press Release   October 8, 2021
ATF PRESS RELEASE: Biden Team Gets Global OK for Minimum Corporate Tax Rate, Paving Way for Domestic Corporate Tax Reforms
About 140 countries and jurisdictions have agreed to tax profits of big firms at no less than 15%, removing a big incentive for American corporations to abandon the United States in search of no- and low-tax havens. More
Issues: Build Back Better, Fair taxation

Press Release Eve Marcum-Atkinson September 29, 2021
PRESS RELEASE: West Virginia Poll Shows Voters Support $3.5 Trillion Investment Package In Congress When Paid For By Billionaires And Corporations
The poll comes at a critical moment as the U.S. House of Representatives may vote on the plan this week with the U.S. Senate expected to follow shortly thereafter.  More

Press Release Eve Marcum-Atkinson September 2, 2021
MEDIA ADVISORY: Morgantown to rally for Bridge to WV Future outside Sen. Capito’s office
Residents and advocates from West Virginia Sierra Club, WV Citizen Action Group, and WV Working Families urge Sen. Capito to invest in our democracy, infrastructure, and climate. More

Press Release Eve Marcum-Atkinson September 2, 2021
PRESS RELEASE: West Virginians to rally for Bridge to WV Future outside Sen. Capito’s office
West Virginians to rally for Bridge to WV Future outside Sen. Capito’s office at 4:30 pm EST (9/2/2021). Local and state leaders will gather at Senator Shelley Moore Capito’s office to rally and highlight the real burdens Congressional inaction are placing on the state’s future.  More

Press Release Eve Marcum-Atkinson August 19, 2021
PRESS RELEASE: State and national experts to discuss benefits of climate action at ‘CLIMATE, JOBS and JUSTICE’ Forum
“We have squandered the time when we could leisurely address the climate crisis,” says West Virginia Climate Alliance co-founder Perry Bryant. “While it’s not too late, we now have to act decisively in order to avert the worst impacts of climate change.” More
Issues: Climate Change, Climate Justice

Press Release Eve Marcum-Atkinson August 14, 2021
PRESS RELEASE: Protect Our Care Launches New Ad in WV
"My name is Adrian and I have type one diabetes. Insulin was $25 a month and now I’m paying over $300 a month..." More
Issues: Prescription Drug Prices

Press Release Eve Marcum-Atkinson August 12, 2021
PRESS RELEASE: March on for Voting Rights ║ Aug 28th
Civil Rights Organizations Mobilize Millions of Members to Create Diverse Coalition for Voting Rights More
Issues: Voting Rights

Press Release CAG August 9, 2021
PRESS RELEASE: 715+ State & National Groups Urge Congress to Support Biden’s Build Back Better Tax & Investment Package as U.S. Senate Begins Debating Measure
Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) released letters to Congress signed by 620 state groups and 97 national groups in support of President Biden’s Build Back Better tax and investment plans. More
Issues: Fair taxation

Press Release   August 9, 2021
PRESS RELEASE: 13 West Virginia State Groups Support President Biden’s Tax Plan
The president’s fiscal plans will fulfill his general goal to achieve greater racial equity. Federal tax and spending policies have historically contributed to the troubling income and wealth gaps between Black and white Americans; Biden’s proposed reforms will reverse many of those policies More
Issues: Build Back Better, Care Economy, Inequality, Infrastructure, Jobs

Press Release   July 31, 2021
WV Navigator Hosting Two Health Insurance Enrollment Events
Dramatic changes in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have made it possible for many more WV residents to get affordable health insurance but the deadline to enroll is fast approaching! More

Press Release CAG July 30, 2021
PRESS RELEASE: Protect Our Care Launches Ad in West Virginia and Other States in Seven-Figure Campaign Calling for Action To Lower Drug Prices
Protect Our Care launched its second digital ad in West Virginia as part of a seven-figure campaign about the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs. More
Issues: Healthcare, Prescription Drug Prices

Press Release Eve Marcum-Atkinson July 17, 2021
PRESS RELEASE: NEW TV Ads Urge Congress to Invest in the Home Care Economy by Passing the American Jobs Plan
New national television ads from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) urges Congress to invest in the nationwide care economy. The SEIU ads are part of its “#CareIsEssential” summer campaign to elevate calls for Congress to pass a $400 billion investment in decent, union care jobs that will increase access to quality care for Americans who need it.  More
Issues: Healthcare

Press Release Eve Marcum-Atkinson July 17, 2021
Kaiser Health News: “Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) gives a big thumbs-up for allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices”
Sen. Manchin “gave a big thumbs-up for allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices”, the article reads:  “That should have been done years ago. How in the heck that never was done doesn’t make any sense at all,” he told reporters. More

Press Release Eve Marcum-Atkinson June 17, 2021
PRESS RELEASE: The Supreme Court Has Spoken – The Affordable Care Act Is the Law of the Land
In Major Repudiation of a Decade of GOP Attacks on American Health Care, Supreme Court Affirms Protections for People With Pre-Existing Conditions, Medicaid Expansion, and Health Care Coverage for More Than 20 Million Americans More