State Board, Local League Presidents and League Friends,
Attached is the February Newsletter from the Huntington League of Women
Voters, Enjoy!
Beverly Murrell
Patricia Keller
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📣Make Some Noise About the Budget📣 - Support Funding for Essential
Services
The League of Women Voters believes that government budgets reflect
government values. We advocate for state and local budgets that cover
essential services and protect our most vulnerable.
We strongly disagree with the values expressed by the West Virginia
Legislature in their various versions of the budget, which fail to
adequately fund programs essential for the livelihood of the majority of
West Virginians, while giving tax breaks to benefit the richest among us.
The League’s legislative priorities
<https://lwvwv.org/2026/01/18/2026-program-and-policy-priorities/> include
Protecting Children and Families and Creating a Sustainable Future. Both
have budget implications, including funding for Medicaid, child care,
public education, SNAP, and infrastructure to provide clean water to the
southern coalfields. “Flat” budgets and more tax cuts serve none of these.
Without adequate funding, many of the critical challenges facing West
Virginia families — issues like the ongoing childcare crisis, access to
affordable health care, and protecting public health and our environment —
all remain unresolved.
Join LWVWV and partners in calling for Care Over Cuts
<https://wvpolicy.org/education-health-care-organizations-call-for-care-over…>.
Tell them West Virginians deserve investment in people, care, and public
infrastructure, not reckless tax cuts that favor the wealthiest few.
Find contact information for your legislators here:
https://fastdemocracy.com/find-your-legislators/