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May 3, Saturday:  Cover the Uninsured Week RALLY, State Capitol

 Capital Eye, March, 2008

Resolution to Bring National Guard Home introduced
in WV Legislature. Senators and Delegates demand
that Governors' Authority over Guard be Reinstated

Obama would win state, straw poll finds

Groups Launch "Missing Person" Poster Campaign Targeting Capito's Refusal to Discuss Her Position on the War in Iraq

Americans United for Change released the following
ad in response to President Bush's veto of SCHIP

Iraq War’s Cost to West Virginians Revealed in New Report, Civic & Faith Groups Call for End to Upside-down Priorities Shortchanging WV Communities

 Most Recent CAG Action Alert

Americans Against Escalation In Iraq Coverage


CAG Online Bottle Bill Petition

In 1999, on average, each one of us used 639 beverage containers. That's 1,155,531,816 containers in West Virginia alone. Most of those were thrown out and ended up littering our highways and filling up our landfills. We need a West Virginia bottle bill! Please sign CAG's online petition and join us in our effort to make it happen.

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5-4 * Rally for health-care reform draws 200 people to Capitol
5-4 Lawyers give most money to Maynard
4-23 Election ad restrictions loosened
4-23 W.Va. ad rules partly blocked
3-13 Energy, Environmental Legislation Meets Mixed Fate
3-7 * Resolution to Bring National Guard Home introduced in WV Legislature
3-2

Rising value of metals has unintended effect: litter reduction

3-1 * ‘Bottle bill’ put back on shelf for now
2-28 Tipping fee reduction depends on amount of trash
2-24 * We could have clean elections in W.Va. for just $6 apiece
2-23 * Proposed landowner ‘bill of rights’ stalled
2-21 * It's always the public who pays
2-16 * Bottle deposit bill still in air
2-13 * Bills aim to encourage recycling
2-6 * Obama would win state, straw poll finds
2-5 * Recycling chief: Bill would entice his firm
2-5 WV Bottle Bill Uncapped
1-29 * WV Citizen Action: Working Families Differ With Bush Over Real State of the Union
1-29 * Measure offered to protect landowners in gas, oil drilling
1-28 * Bottle bill is a needed part of trash cleanup
1-28 * Group launches straw poll Web site
1-26-08 * Bottle bill resurfaces for lawmakers
12/24 The Worst Courts for Businesses? It’s a Matter of Opinion
12/20 ‘Hellhole’ status brings mixed reaction
12/16 * Chamber wants action in legislative session on health care, legal reforms
12/16 State judges deny any ‘explosion’ in frivolous lawsuits
12-13 *

Citizen Action Slams Bush’s Second Veto of Children’s Health Care Bill

12-12 Our view on elections: 5 reasons for public financing  --  Opposing view: No welfare for politicians  --  Public Campaign's response to opposition view 12/12
11-19 Churches want state campaign financing reform
11-13 * Labor group to lobby for paid sick days
11-2 * Clean politics; Public financing
11-1 * A Statement by West Virginians United in Support of the Williams Family, the Charleston NAACP and Black Ministerial Alliance
10-31 * Public campaign financing proposed
10-23 *

“Shared Prosperity” Topic of FayettevilleTown Hall Meeting

10-18 *

Citizen Action Applauds All WV’s Representatives for Vote to Save Children’s Health Care

10-4 Heartless: Veto of child insurance
10-4 State health-care coalitions urge Congress to undo Bush child insurance veto
10-3 Children’s Advocates Ask Congress -Override Bush SCHIP Veto
9-27 USAction, TrueMajorityACTION Merge to Create New Model for Mobilizing Progressives at Grassroots, Online 
9-26 * State officials say Bush veto will jeopardize insurance coverage for state children
9-25 * WVCAG gearing up for another bottle bill push
09-17 * Groups Launch "Missing Person" Poster Campaign Targeting Capito's Refusal to Discuss Her Position on the War in Iraq
8-26 * Book unleashes bad ideas
8-25 * Surface owners’ group membership expands
8-23 * Steenstra has plans for waste authority
8-22 * Ripped Off
8-17 * State’s needs sacrificed to war, activists say
8-15 * Iraq War’s Cost to West Virginians Revealed in New Report, Civic & Faith Groups Call for End to Upside-down Priorities Shortchanging WV Communities
8-15 * Getting U.S. Back on Track
8-6 * Citizen group promoting 'Bottle Bill'
7-18 * Landowner takes drastic steps to stop gas drilling on property
7-17 * DEP, Manchin take heat for shrinking stream list
7-4 * Gary Zuckett: Capito should stand up to president on the budget
6-24 * Ted Boettner: Half of us won’t have enough money for old age, but here’s part of the solution
6-19 * Environmentalists, developers to face off again
6-13 * Stream degradation list remains divisive
6-11 Head Start: Human investment
6-4 Bottle bills didn't anticipate this: The rush to bottled water has created a vast new waste stream
5-19 Donald C. Gasper: State needs bottle bill to curb litter problem
4-27 Mission Accomplished?  Four years later.  Wrong then.  Wrong Now.
4-25 WV Consumer Group Celebrates 33rd year with Civic Awards, Art Auction & Dinner at Coonskin Park Clubhouse
4-17 Report: West Virginia Taxpayers Could Save $226 Million Annually if Medicare Negotiated Drug Prices  --  Read the report here
4-16 * Turning around spending priorities: Congressional budgets show renewed commitment to families
4-15 * Ted Boettner: Everyone should pay fair share in taxes
4-11 * Further and further isolated: Capito backs Bush over constituents
4-10

Failure of bottle bill could affect spring road cleanup

3-23 USAction Thanks Congress for Setting Certain Date for End of Iraq War
3-15 W.Va.'s filthy hills do need a bottle bill
3-14 First Things First:  The President's Budget Makes the Wrong Choices for WV
3-8 House OKs drilling notification bill
3-8 Drilling notice passes House with a roar
3-6

"We Need This Landfill!"

2-28 Bottle bill cast adrift from current session
2-22 Adopt A Highway groups want Bottle Bill to pass
2-19 Certain measures just keep returning
2-10

Woman heads push to keep state free of litter

2-8

Bottle Bill Lobby

2-7 Bottle bill will benefit our state
2-2 This should be the year for public funding of campaigns
2-1 Senator: Bottle bill is a good proposal
1-26 Legislators split on odds for campaign finance bills
1-25 Bottle bills shape up for House, Senate
1-22

Simple concept: W.Va. could take lead with first bottle bill in region

1-19 Bottle bill sponsor remains hopeful
1-19 Bottle bill: Sensible solution
1-17 Congress to Send Critics to Jail, Says Richard Viguerie
1-16 WV Citizen Action Chides U.S. Rep. Capito for Vote Against Bipartisan Bill to Lower Drug Costs for Seniors
1-13 Consultant: Bottle bill is impractical
1-11 Minimum Wage May Be On The Rise in W.Va.
1-11 WV United unveils Countdown Clock to Change America Now! in First 100 Hours of New Congress
1-10 Topics needing action include Bottle Bill
1-9 Time runs out on empty bottle bill

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