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Newsletter CAG February 22, 2016
Capital Eye: Unintended Consequences
We hope you enjoyed your warm weekend! Now, start off your Monday right (or should we say 'left'?) with an update on what's been happening at our state Capitol. Don't forget to click the bold links to take action! More
Issues: Budget Priorities, Civil Rights, Energy, Environment, Healthcare

Action Alert Ciera Pennington January 6, 2016
WV Medicaid Coalition to host presentations for elected officials & local health care leaders
Join West Virginians for Affordable Health Care for a presentation to learn what the Medicaid expansion means for families and local economies in your community. More
Issues: Event, Healthcare

Action Alert Julie Archer July 24, 2015
Register Now for Our Children, Our Future Policy Forums
WV Citizen Action is a co-sponsor of the Our Children, Our Future campaign's Policy Forums in August and we would like to invite our members to participate in this dynamic form of grassroots activism! More
Issues: Healthcare, Kids and families, Our children our future, Right to work

Action Alert CAG June 12, 2015
Families Need Earned Sick Days, Ask Sen Manchin to co-sponsor!
Recently Sen. Manchin voted for an amendment in support of Earned Sick Leave. West Virginia Citizen Action and our national affiliate USAction think it’s times to ask him to take the next step… More
Issues: Democracy, Economy, Families, Healthcare

Newsletter CAG March 2, 2015
Week 7: Too Much Freedom?
Too Much Freedom?, WV: No Place for Hate, More Money in Elections = Transparency & Accountability?, Bill that would hurt the solar industry is on Governor Tomblin’s desk, Recycling bill moves to the Senate floor, The Barrage of Bills against Women’s Reproductive Rights Continues, Five days to life West Virginia truancy laws, Update on Tank Bill More
Issues: Democracy, Energy, Environment, Healthcare

Newsletter CAG February 22, 2015
Week 6: Over the Hump
Legislative Update Week 6: Over the Hump. From 'War on Workers' to 'Threats to Both Air AND Water,' we strive to keep you updated. More
Issues: Budget Priorities, Economy, Energy, Environment, Families, Healthcare, Workers

Newsletter CAG February 8, 2015
Week 4: Attacks on Water, Health Care Continue
Over one thousand bills have been introduced by both the House and the Senate. Thankfully most will end up in the recycling bin. More
Issues: Budget Priorities, Democracy, Economy, Environment, Healthcare

Newsletter CAG January 16, 2015
Week 1: Join Us for MLK, Jr. Day & Other Upcoming Events
The 2015 WV Legislature opened Wednesday evening with Governor Tomblin’s State of the State Address exhorting the legislature to work “together” for the betterment of our citizens. Meanwhile, the Senate introduced 232 bills and the House total was 56. These range from allowing raw milk to be sold to allowing folks to carry a concealed gun without a permit. It’s comforting to know the majority of these will never get out the other end of the legislative sausage grinder. It’s scary to contemplate the ones that might make it along with the few we’d like to see pass. More
Issues: Civil Rights, Democracy, Energy, Environment, Families, Healthcare

Citizen Action Group Blog CAG June 30, 2014
No One Should Have to Choose Between Job and Family
When we asked USAction members if they had ever used family or sick leave to care for themselves or a family member, we were flooded with responses. More
Issues: Healthcare, Kids and families, Workers

Citizen Action Group Blog CAG January 10, 2014
WV Citizen Action Group 2014 Public Policy Priorities
Thousands of hard working West Virginians earn minimum wage, but no matter how hard they work, minimum wage is simply not enough to cover their basic needs, like food, rent and health. More
Issues: Budget Priorities, Energy, Healthcare

Citizen Action Group Blog Gary Zuckett January 3, 2014
Lets keep up the momentum!
I’m inspired this cold, snowing morning to hope for better times in WV with this news article which describes our WV-DHHR’s commonsense (and effective) approach to enrolling as many into Medicaid expansion as fast as possible. We are now number one in the nation on Medicaid and such a positive move makes it possible to imagine many more progressive “wins.” More
Issues: Healthcare

Press Release CAG October 13, 2013
Citizens to Hold Cease and Desist Action at Rep. Shelley Moore Capito’s Office
West Virginia Citizen Action Group and other labor and social justice organizations will be issuing a cease and desist order to Rep Shelley Capito’s office asking her to stop going along with her party’s extreme politics that’s destroying the American dream. More
Issues: Fair taxation, Healthcare, SNAP

Press Release CAG September 21, 2013
Citizen Action Statement on House GOP’s SNAP Cuts
Less than 24 hours after passing a bill to slash food assistance* for nearly 4 million vulnerable Americans, House Republicans today passed a short-term spending measure to keep the federal government in business but included a poison pill that defunds the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). More
Issues: Budget Priorities, Democracy, Economy, Families, Healthcare

Press Release CAG October 3, 2012
2012 Congressional Report Card: Rep. Shelley Moore Capito Failing Seniors
Did Congresswoman Capito Make the Grade on the Issues Seniors Care About Most? More
Issues: Fair taxation, Healthcare, Social security

Press Release CAG July 30, 2012
West Virginia Citizen Action Urges Governor Tomblin to Mark Medicare and Medicaid’s 47th Anniversary by Providing More West Virginians with Health Security through Medicaid
Medicare and Medicaid were signed into law today in 1956 to make sure that working people, children, seniors, and people with disabilities could get the healthcare they need throughout their lives. It is this record of success that we should be building upon and expanding. More
Issues: Healthcare

Press Release CAG December 10, 2010
Groups Mark Progress, Challenges in Human Rights
Human Rights Day is celebrated around the world on Dec. 10th. It commemorates the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption and promotion of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Dec. 10, 1948. More
Issues: Healthcare, Kids and families

Citizen Action Group Blog CAG April 9, 2010
Who’s Complaining about Health Care Reform? (And What Do They Pay in Taxes?)
A new analysis from Citizens for Tax Justice shows that many of the companies protesting a tax-loophole-closing reform enacted in the new health care reform law are paying corporate taxes at less than a third of the 35 percent statutory corporate tax rate, and in some cases are actually getting tax rebates back from the federal government.  More
Issues: Fair taxation, Healthcare