Joan Hubbard, Mary Toy, Victoria Turner, Julie Gaebe, Jean Dugan and Kathleen Farrell accept award at the 40th Annual Bayer YMCA Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast.
New League members are invited to attend a Meet-n-Greet event on July 28, 6 pm, at Schafly Bottleworks in Maplewood. The evening is quite informal, but you will be able to meet some League leaders and other new members.
The Missouri General Assembly passed HJR 73 on May 14 to have the abortion ban go back to the voters. They say voters didn't understand Amendment 3 but the proposed ballot summary doesn’t mention banning elective abortions.
The severe loss of trees during the May 16th tornado did more long-term damage to our region than some realize due to something called the “urban heat island effect.” Our Environmental Quality and Climate Change committee, open
The League of Women Voters of the United States has declared that we are in a constitutional crisis, and in response launched an initiative called Rise and Unite 8.5 on May 1.
The Missouri House recently passed HB567 to eliminate Prop A's sick leave benefit. The League supported Prop A for healthy families and it was supported by 57 percent of voters in November.
This month the League of Women Voters of the United States collaborated with others to file a lawsuit challenging several provisions of Executive Order 14248, which asserts certain requirements for federal elections.