Category: Action Alerts
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WVU Visioning Survey: Sept. 6 Deadline
Following up on Lyn’s email and our letter to the WVU Board of Governors and administration, I wanted to forward this survey from Create WV regarding the WVU debacle, which was shared with me by several people. You don’t have to be a WVU alum to complete this survey. Everyone in our state is affected […]
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Make Some Noise! Oppose proposed cuts to WVU budget
The LWVWV has sent a letter (attached) to President Gee, the Provost, and the Board of Governors opposing proposed cuts to faculty, staff, degrees, and (in some cases) entire departments at WVU. As stated in the opening lines of the letter:*The League of Women Voters of West Virginia (LWVWV) opposes the cuts proposed for the […]
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Take Action to Protect Vital Social Programs
The cuts in essential federal funding to the states included in the US House bill to raise the debt ceiling (*HR 2811*). If enacted, these cuts will do harm to some of West Virginia’s most vulnerable. One estimate is that West Virginia alone could lose $8.3 billion in federal funding over the next decade. Many […]