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Delaware County Health Department navigates turbulent times

Submitted by Delaware County ILO in December 2025.

News

The Delaware County Daily Times provided extensive coverage of our Hot Topics Program Dec. 5 featuring Rosemary Halt, the chairman of the County Board of health and Department of Health Director Lora Werner discussing the challenges and uncertainty facing the four-year-old county public health department in the face of federal cuts and state funding delays. The Times article ran in the Saturday edition. Read it below.

Submitted by Delaware County ILO in October 2025.

Blog Post

The Pennsylvania League of Women Voters, Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, and the Committee of Seventy sponsored a series of voter information events featuring judicial candidates running in the 2025 Pennsylvania Municipal election.
All the events were recorded and can be shared with friends and family to help voters be more informed about the Pennsylvania judicial system and the candidates that are seeking to serve.

For links to the recordings and for general judicial resources click READ MORE.

Submitted by Delaware County ILO in September 2025.

Blog Post

Three state Supreme Court justices Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty and David Wecht offered a glimpse behind their chambers doors Monday, September 8, 2025 as they seek voters’ approval in November to serve second terms. Judges in Pennsylvania are elected to 10-year terms in partisan elections. Once in office, however, they stand for retention in “yes” or “no” referenda to serve subsequent terms.

The event, Behind the Ballot Fireside Chat: PA Supreme Court Retention Elections was co-sponsored by the court access group Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, the government watchdog Committee of Seventy and the Pennsylvania League of Women Voters.

To access the full Penn Capital Star article and the event video click READ MORE

Submitted by Delaware County ILO in June 2025.

Blog Post

This blog post is from the League of Women Voters of the United States and shares resources concerning the immigrant issues; past, present and future and shares resources recommended by the National Partnership for New Americans.

To learn more click READ MORE

Submitted by Delaware County ILO in May 2025.

Blog Post

“The mission of the League of Women Voters is Empower Voters and Defend our Democracy”. For over a century, the heart and soul of our work has been centering voters' voices in democracy. We’ve participated in many of our nation’s most pivotal voting rights battles, from women’s suffrage to the Equal Rights Amendment to the passage of the National Voter RegistrationAct (NVRA)and the Help America VoteAct (HAVA). As democracy turns another corner, we are strengthening our campaign: Women Defend Democracy.

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