Author: LWVW of WV
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LWVWV Urges Senators Capito & Justice to Oppose Cuts to Medicaid
With thousands of West Virginians at risk of losing healthcare access, the health and well-being of our state, our hospitals, our nursing homes, and our citizens hang in the balance.
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Attacks on WV Immunization Law — IT’S NOT OVER
The 2025 WV Legislature tried unsuccessfully to weaken WV’s best-in-the-nation immunization laws. Now, the Governor is trying an end-run with an ‘Executive Order’ to require school systems to provide religious or ‘philosophical’ exemptions to vaccinations, CONTRARY TO STATE LAW. The State Board of Education will discuss immunization policy at its May meeting — WEDNESDAY, MAY…
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OPPOSE HB 3016, Another Voter Suppression and Discrimination Bill
HB 3016 eliminates from WV’s long list of voter ID options all the IDs without photographs. HB 3016 also requires non-citizen status to be identified on state-sanctioned photo IDs. Historically, badges such as the ones described in this bill have been used to segregate an unfavored group from the rest of the population and reinforce their…