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Newsletter October 25, 2023
Capital Eye Vol. 16, No. 11: Continuing the Fight for Democracy, the Environment and Health Care for All
Our October eNewsletter is out! WV Citizen Action and our many friends and partners have been hard at work this summer and fall. WVCAG's multi-faceted approach to positive change is building momentum. Keep reading to find out more. More
Issues: Newsletter, WV Legislature
Capital Eye Vol. 16, No. 11: Continuing the Fight for Democracy, the Environment and Health Care for All
Our October eNewsletter is out! WV Citizen Action and our many friends and partners have been hard at work this summer and fall. WVCAG's multi-faceted approach to positive change is building momentum. Keep reading to find out more. More
Issues: Newsletter, WV Legislature
Action Alert Cassandra Wiley July 19, 2023
WV Rivers: Legislative Update and Advocacy That Works
Advocacy can be difficult and frustrating, but WV Rivers, in partnership with the WV Environmental Council and others, made significant progress on many of their legislative priorities this year. Advocacy is essential to clean water for all, and it’s fun! If this seems like something that is up your alley, please join WV Rivers us on Zoom on Wednesday, July 26 at 7:00 p.m. to discuss strategies that build relationships with legislators and learn how you can become more involved. More
Issues: advocacy, WV Legislature
WV Rivers: Legislative Update and Advocacy That Works
Advocacy can be difficult and frustrating, but WV Rivers, in partnership with the WV Environmental Council and others, made significant progress on many of their legislative priorities this year. Advocacy is essential to clean water for all, and it’s fun! If this seems like something that is up your alley, please join WV Rivers us on Zoom on Wednesday, July 26 at 7:00 p.m. to discuss strategies that build relationships with legislators and learn how you can become more involved. More
Issues: advocacy, WV Legislature
Newsletter June 19, 2023
Capital Eye Vol. 16 No. 10: Truth and Consequences
Our June Newsletter is ready, and it’s in PRINT! More
Issues: Newsletter, WV Legislature
Capital Eye Vol. 16 No. 10: Truth and Consequences
Our June Newsletter is ready, and it’s in PRINT! More
Issues: Newsletter, WV Legislature
Newsletter March 14, 2023
2023 Session Wrap-up
The 2023 Legislative Session ended over the weekend, and 332 bills were completed. It has been a rough one, with a lot of bad and some good done. Keep reading to find out more. And be sure to check our events calendar for more opportunities for learning and action. More
Issues: Newsletter, WV Legislature
2023 Session Wrap-up
The 2023 Legislative Session ended over the weekend, and 332 bills were completed. It has been a rough one, with a lot of bad and some good done. Keep reading to find out more. And be sure to check our events calendar for more opportunities for learning and action. More
Issues: Newsletter, WV Legislature
Newsletter March 7, 2023
Legislative Update Week 8: Crossover Chaos
Crossover day last week saw a lot of the really terrible bills, and also many of the best we were hoping to move, hit the recycle bin. With only a few days left in the session, every call or email to our legislators, and our governor, is vitally important for the bills that remain. More
Issues: Newsletter, WV Legislature
Legislative Update Week 8: Crossover Chaos
Crossover day last week saw a lot of the really terrible bills, and also many of the best we were hoping to move, hit the recycle bin. With only a few days left in the session, every call or email to our legislators, and our governor, is vitally important for the bills that remain. More
Issues: Newsletter, WV Legislature
Newsletter CAG February 28, 2023
Legislative Update Week 7: Crossover Day & Controversial Bills
Crossover day is this Wednesday. Several controversial bills are moving, along with a few good ones. Others remain stalled in committee. If you've not taken action yet, now is the time to make those calls and send those emails! More
Issues: Newsletter, WV Legislature
Legislative Update Week 7: Crossover Day & Controversial Bills
Crossover day is this Wednesday. Several controversial bills are moving, along with a few good ones. Others remain stalled in committee. If you've not taken action yet, now is the time to make those calls and send those emails! More
Issues: Newsletter, WV Legislature
Newsletter February 21, 2023
Legislative Update Week 6: Tax Plan Will Put WV Underwater
Governor Justice, and our legislature, want WV to be like Kansas, with a budget so underwater our schools won't have the funds to operate. Suffice to say, there's a Lot going on under the dome. Keep reading to find out more about what's happening and how you can take action. More
Issues: Newsletter, WV Legislature
Legislative Update Week 6: Tax Plan Will Put WV Underwater
Governor Justice, and our legislature, want WV to be like Kansas, with a budget so underwater our schools won't have the funds to operate. Suffice to say, there's a Lot going on under the dome. Keep reading to find out more about what's happening and how you can take action. More
Issues: Newsletter, WV Legislature
Newsletter article Julie Archer February 14, 2023
Bills Passed Day 1 – Where Are They Now?
Curious what had happened with all the bills the Senate passed the first day? Here's a run down. More
Issues: WV Legislature
Bills Passed Day 1 – Where Are They Now?
Curious what had happened with all the bills the Senate passed the first day? Here's a run down. More
Issues: WV Legislature
Newsletter February 14, 2023
Legislative Update Week 5: The Big Disconnect
Too many in the majority party controlling the Legislature right now are basically disconnected from real solutions needed to address many of the critical problems facing our state. Keep reading to find out more about what's happening under the dome and how you can take action. More
Issues: Newsletter, WV Legislature
Legislative Update Week 5: The Big Disconnect
Too many in the majority party controlling the Legislature right now are basically disconnected from real solutions needed to address many of the critical problems facing our state. Keep reading to find out more about what's happening under the dome and how you can take action. More
Issues: Newsletter, WV Legislature
Newsletter article Julie Archer February 7, 2023
Tax & Budget, Culture Wars and Other Bill Action
The Governor continued his roadshow to promote his personal income tax cut proposal, but the plan is going nowhere fast in the Senate... More
Issues: Fair Representation, Fair taxation, Healthcare, Immigration, Inequality, WV Legislature
Tax & Budget, Culture Wars and Other Bill Action
The Governor continued his roadshow to promote his personal income tax cut proposal, but the plan is going nowhere fast in the Senate... More
Issues: Fair Representation, Fair taxation, Healthcare, Immigration, Inequality, WV Legislature
Newsletter February 7, 2023
Legislative Update Week 4: Small Government?
The WV Legislature, dominated by the party of so-called ‘small government’, keeps inserting itself into the bedrooms and doctors offices of our citizens, most recently by The House banning all gender-affirming care for our transgender youth, despite vocal opposition... More
Issues: Newsletter, WV Legislature
Legislative Update Week 4: Small Government?
The WV Legislature, dominated by the party of so-called ‘small government’, keeps inserting itself into the bedrooms and doctors offices of our citizens, most recently by The House banning all gender-affirming care for our transgender youth, despite vocal opposition... More
Issues: Newsletter, WV Legislature
Newsletter CAG January 31, 2023
Legislative Update Week 3: It’s About to Get Ugly
In addition to guns in schools, the legislature is taking action on a number of other controversial issues that in a sane and rational world wouldn’t be taking up time better spent addressing real issues affecting our state. Keep reading for more on what's happening under the dome. More
Issues: Newsletter, WV Legislature
Legislative Update Week 3: It’s About to Get Ugly
In addition to guns in schools, the legislature is taking action on a number of other controversial issues that in a sane and rational world wouldn’t be taking up time better spent addressing real issues affecting our state. Keep reading for more on what's happening under the dome. More
Issues: Newsletter, WV Legislature
Citizen Action Group Blog Eve Marcum-Atkinson January 12, 2023
NAACP and others deliver an address on the “State of WV Children and Families”
In response to the Governor's State of the State address, groups gathered at the capitol to speak on the budget, and how the status quo is hurting WV children and families. More
Issues: Budget priorities, Fair taxation, Inequality, Kids and families, Poverty, WV Legislature
NAACP and others deliver an address on the “State of WV Children and Families”
In response to the Governor's State of the State address, groups gathered at the capitol to speak on the budget, and how the status quo is hurting WV children and families. More
Issues: Budget priorities, Fair taxation, Inequality, Kids and families, Poverty, WV Legislature
Newsletter Eve Marcum-Atkinson December 27, 2022
Capital Eye Vol. 15 No. 16: Looking Ahead to 2023!
Our December Newsletter is ready, and it’s in PRINT! Also, check out Gary's year-end note to all. More
Issues: Newsletter, WV Legislature
Capital Eye Vol. 15 No. 16: Looking Ahead to 2023!
Our December Newsletter is ready, and it’s in PRINT! Also, check out Gary's year-end note to all. More
Issues: Newsletter, WV Legislature
Newsletter Eve Marcum-Atkinson August 25, 2022
Capital Eye Vol. 15 No. 14: Special Session and More!
Our August Newsletter is ready, and it's in PRINT! Check your mailboxes, or contact us if you'd like one. We'd be happy to mail one to you. More
Issues: Newsletter, WV Legislature
Capital Eye Vol. 15 No. 14: Special Session and More!
Our August Newsletter is ready, and it's in PRINT! Check your mailboxes, or contact us if you'd like one. We'd be happy to mail one to you. More
Issues: Newsletter, WV Legislature
Action Alert Eve Marcum-Atkinson August 7, 2022
Call Your Legislators! Tell them West Virginians WANT Reproductive Freedom!
Call your legislators today! Tell them West Virginians WANT reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy, not forced birth after rape and incest, and not imprisonment of our medical professionals and doctors. More
Issues: Abortion, Bodily Autonomy, Reproductive Justice, WV Legislature
Call Your Legislators! Tell them West Virginians WANT Reproductive Freedom!
Call your legislators today! Tell them West Virginians WANT reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy, not forced birth after rape and incest, and not imprisonment of our medical professionals and doctors. More
Issues: Abortion, Bodily Autonomy, Reproductive Justice, WV Legislature
Newsletter May 25, 2022
Capital Eye Vol. 15 No. 11: Election Reds & Blues
It's May, all the flowers are blooming like crazy, and there is a lot going on in Charleston and in DC, so here's the 11th edition of our Capital Eye newsletter to break it all down. More
Issues: Newsletter, WV Legislature
Capital Eye Vol. 15 No. 11: Election Reds & Blues
It's May, all the flowers are blooming like crazy, and there is a lot going on in Charleston and in DC, so here's the 11th edition of our Capital Eye newsletter to break it all down. More
Issues: Newsletter, WV Legislature
Newsletter article Gary Zuckett March 23, 2022
Life After Session
Out of the 2,216 bills introduced during the 2022 legislative session, only 239 survived. Lots of really bad bills died, along with most of the good ones. Not an uplifting appraisal but... it could have been much worse. More
Issues: Aboveground Storage Tanks, Budget priorities, Censorship, Diabetes, Fair taxation, Kids and families, Medicaid, Oil and Gas, Racial Justice, Unemployment benefits, Vaccines, Voting Rights, water quality, Worker's Safety, WV Legislature
Life After Session
Out of the 2,216 bills introduced during the 2022 legislative session, only 239 survived. Lots of really bad bills died, along with most of the good ones. Not an uplifting appraisal but... it could have been much worse. More
Issues: Aboveground Storage Tanks, Budget priorities, Censorship, Diabetes, Fair taxation, Kids and families, Medicaid, Oil and Gas, Racial Justice, Unemployment benefits, Vaccines, Voting Rights, water quality, Worker's Safety, WV Legislature
Newsletter March 23, 2022
Capital Eye Vol. 15 No. 9: Legislative Wrap Up
Here's our wrap up of the 2022 WV Legislative Session. You can also stay connected by following us on Facebook and Twitter! More
Issues: Newsletter, WV Legislature
Capital Eye Vol. 15 No. 9: Legislative Wrap Up
Here's our wrap up of the 2022 WV Legislative Session. You can also stay connected by following us on Facebook and Twitter! More
Issues: Newsletter, WV Legislature
Newsletter article Gary Zuckett March 7, 2022
Final Stretch, Beware of Zombie Bills
Last Wednesday was Crossover Day, when all bills not passed out of their house of origin are considered “dead”. “Dead” is in quotations because, when leadership wants a bill, it can come back to life like zombies. More
Issues: WV Legislature
Final Stretch, Beware of Zombie Bills
Last Wednesday was Crossover Day, when all bills not passed out of their house of origin are considered “dead”. “Dead” is in quotations because, when leadership wants a bill, it can come back to life like zombies. More
Issues: WV Legislature
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