The LWVWA has been very busy this past year with programs! At the 2023 LWVWA Convention, the membership approved three programs for the 2023-2024 biennium. These programs included two studies and an education project. The studies were "Elder Caregiving" and "Immigration and Immigrant Integration in Washington." The education project focused on Multi-Member Districts Local Leagues will be involved in the final product of these programs.

Updates on the above studies and project will be presented during a June 1 workshop at the 2024 LWVWA Council in Lacey. The workshop, titled "Studies and Civic Education Project Coming to Local Leagues Soon," will be hosted by the Chairs of these three programs, Karen Tvedt (Elder caregiving study), Susan Martin (Immigration study), and Kit Muehlman (Multi-Member Districts).

A LWVWA position on local news was approved and adopted in 2023 after an 18-month study, the Decline of Local News and It's Impact on Democracy, was released. The study highlighted a nationwide problem and has received attention from Leagues throughout the country since being released. Currently, LWVUS has no adopted position addressing the local news crisis, and thus members of the LWVWA have been working hard this year to get national concurrence on it's local news position.

Concurrence is process where a League adopts a position without having to conduct its own study, by reviewing and agreeing with a position developed by another League based on a study. The LWVWA was joined by 41 other Leagues in proposing the LWVUS adopt this position. The LWVUS Board agreed and has included it in its recommended Program for 2024-2026! Final adoption will take place at the 2024 LWVUS Convention on June 29, subject to a 2/3 vote of approval by the delegates attending Convention.