March 17, 2026 News Update
Empower Voters, Defend Democracy
The League shall not support or oppose any political party or candidate. | Welcome to 2026! We've got a lot of work ahead.
This is an exciting year with three elections ahead! Mark your calendars and make a commitment to vote in every election this year. Your participation makes all the difference. Make sure your friends vote too!
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April 7 - Spring Election
August 11 - Partisan Primary
November 3 - General Election
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Want To Be An Election Worker?
The City of La Crosse Needs You | Election Workers are still needed and wanted in the City of La Crosse. If you are interested in learning more about being an election worker, follow the link below to find out the details on hours, pay, term of service and more.
| Know What's On Your Ballot
Information You Can Trust | An Informed Voter is a Powerful Voter
Looking for info on the candidates and issues? We got you covered! Check out VOTE411 to view your personalized voter guide and find all of the election-info you need. Wisconsin has three more elections this year. VOTE411 has all the resources you need to find out what's on your ballot, learn about candidates, register to vote, and so much more. | The SAVE Act is Unnecessary and Anti-Democratic
Congress continues to introduce bills that would require voters to present documentary proof of citizenship to register and vote. Americans do not need MORE obstacles to vote.
Tell your representatives to vote NO on the SAVE America Act.
| Legislative Breakfast - Members Only
March 21, 2026 8:30-10:30 AM |  | LWVLA members are invited to our 2026 Legislative Breakfast. Members are welcome to invite guests who may be interested in League membership.
We will again be hosting a cordial nonpartisan conversation with our state and national representatives, who are invited to share legislative updates on key issues. Panera Bread will provide a continental breakfast.
The morning includes a moderated Q&A which gives League members, as interested constituents, the opportunity to voice questions or suggestions. All of our La Crosse area delegation—Sens. Baldwin and Johnson, Rep. Van Orden, State Sen. Pfaff, State Reps. Billings, Doyle, and Johnson—have been invited. Reps. Doyle, Johnson, and Sen Pfaff will attend.
The conversation will begin at 8:30 a.m., so please arrive earlier to accommodate seating and breakfast service. If you have any difficulty with registration, please contact us at lwvlawi@gmail.com.
Reservations are now closed.
| Women's History Trivia Night
March 24, 2026 | March Book Club
March 30, 2026 |  | Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is seen as a disease of poverty that walks the trails of injustice and inequity we blazed for it.
In 2019, author John Green met Henry Reider, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. John became fast friends with Henry, a boy with spindly legs and a big, goofy smile. In the years since that first visit to Lakka, Green has become a vocal advocate for increased access to treatment and wider awareness of the healthcare inequities that allow this curable, preventable infectious disease to also be the deadliest, killing over a million people every year.
In Everything Is Tuberculosis, John tells Henry’s story, woven through with the scientific and social histories of how tuberculosis has shaped our world—and how our choices will shape the future of tuberculosis.
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For more information contact:
Maureen Kinney
kinneymaureen6@gmail.com
| Call for Civil Discourse
March 31, 2026 | This will be an important, informative program, sponsored by the three higher education entities in La Crosse. Although there is no registration for this event, find more information on our event calendar at lwvlacrosse.org.
| April Book Club
April 27, 2026 | Veteran Wall Street Journal journalist Lee Hawkins, Jr. exhaustively examines his family's legacy of post-enslavement trauma in a memoir that is soulful, shocking, and spellbinding.
~ Goodreads
| Observer Corps and League Lens | Read news from local sources. Our observer corps continues to provide important information about government in action. Our page can be found at the link below. Be more engaged in how our local communities work.
| April 7, 2026 Spring Election
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Both Interviews Available Now! | Interview with candidate Chris Taylor was held December 6, 2025.
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJeU1WjBUSU
Interview with candidate Maria Lazar was held February 4, 2026
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGD4t6HuDEA
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Environmental Effects of Data Centers?
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