The 2023 Farm Bill is an omnibus, multiyear law that governs an array of food, agricultural, and conservation programs. The bill helps to strengthen local infrastructure, support rural economic development initiatives, protect our nation’s food supply, increase access to healthy food for low-income populations, and promote environmental stewardship and conservation. 

Learn more about renewing this federal authorization bill from Margaret Krome, the Policy Program Director of the Michael Fields Agricultural institute.

 The annual Legislative Breakfast offers League members an opportunity to meet with state and national representatives or staff in order to hear and ask questions about current legislative priorities and challenges.

FYI:
The video is divided into sections--look in the description to locate individual speakers. Sound quality becomes very good after the first few seconds. 

The December program was a members-only opportunity to learn more about the LWV Wisconsin legislative agenda for 2023 and about how local members can be involved through advocacy and participation in a state-level committee.

The Legislative Committee of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin is composed of members from around the state who work together to analyze legislation and agency rules as they are introduced in the state legislature.  They recommend action to promote the League's policy goals. Recommendations for legislative action are justified by policy positions approved and adopted by membership.  Some of the League policy positions have been in existence for decades. Click below to view LWVWI policy positions. 

As an alternative to our regularly scheduled November Lunch & Learn, we  joined the LWV of Wisconsin's Statewide Implicit Bias Training. 

In 2020 the LWVUS elevated diversity, equity, and inclusion as a core institutional value, on par with the League’s nonpartisanship policy.

For over 100 years the mission of the League of Women Voters has been to educate and empower voters. We work to protect voting rights and ensure that all voters have equal opportunity to exercise the right to vote. This online meeting will focus on the challenges to vote confronting college students and people with disabilities in our area. Learn about the League’s current partnership with the jail. Together we will work to ensure that all eligible voters have the opportunity to let their voices be heard at the ballot box. Join with the LWV La Crosse Area as we reach out to the community to encourage that “Everyone Vote”.

The LWV of the La Crosse Area is confident that our regional election officials conduct transparent, accurate, secure, and fair elections. However, recent administrative and court rulings, proposed legislation, and misinformation are leading to citizen confusion and mistrust about voting in Wisconsin. 

In our first program of the 2022-23 League year, the LWVLA local election officials will update members on voter registration, voting, and Election Day basics.