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A number of studies have reported that both the health of South Carolinians and the state’s economy would improve if Medicaid were expanded to include 360,000 residents with very low incomes.

Healthcare in SC update
Research & Studies

Health Care in Anderson/Oconee/Pickens Counties and SC

Submitted by Janet Marsh Member, LWVOP Health Care Team

 

The Supreme Court: What's Next Monthly Program
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Chip Stapleton (left) and Holley Ulbrich, Co-President of LWVOP (right)

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Press Mention


To: Editor, The Journal
From: LWV of Oconee and Pickens Counties (LWVOP)
Contact: Janet Marsh 864.710.0557
For Immediate Release: Residents Pack Community Meeting on Book Censorship
Date: September 20, 2023 

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LWVOP Report on the November 8 Election in Oconee and Pickens Counties

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The League of Women Voters of HHI and Bluffton is pleased to announce we received two 2025 grants, one from the LWV US and another from the LWV SC.

Making Democracy Work Network Update
Blog Post

Bills have been prefiled and next Tuesday the South Carolina General Assembly will return for the 2025 session. As usual, there are issues and bills that relate to our ability to make democracy work in South Carolina.

Blog Post

Over a century after our founding — and the passage of the 19th amendment that granted many women the right to vote — some people question why the League of Women Voters keeps the word ‘women’ in our name. 

To me, now more than ever, it’s clear that “women” is an essential part of our name — and always will be.

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This was originally published by The Salt Lake Tribune.

LWV of Utah's president Katharine Biele was voted by readers of The Salt Lake Tribune as 2024 Utahn of the Year.

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This story was originally published by WUKY.

Last year, the League of Women Voters of Kentucky released the report How Can They Do That: Transparency and Citizen Participation in Kentucky’s Legislative Process. Today, they've released Part 2.