Businesses – and the people who start them and work for them – create jobs and compete in the global marketplace. Accordingly, a state’s success depends largely on the smart people and new discoveries keeping its industries globally competitive. Any state serious about competitiveness has to be serious about policies and investments that foster smart people, smart ideas and the right environment to promote innovation. This means investing in research and development (R&D) funds, supporting the educational institutes that produce both cutting-edge research and a skilled workforce and investing in commercializing the new discoveries and technologies that lead to new products and new companies.
State Initiatives for Small Business Recovery During the COVID-19 Pandemic Economic Crisis
This memo summarizes a variety of types of state small business initiatives launched or expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis. (View/Download) Key Takeaways The state small business initiatives ...
Letter on Unemployment Insurance and Economic Recovery
We call on Congress to take action before the end of 2020 to ensure that state and territorial unemployment programs will continue to meet the needs of the millions of ...
Putting CARES Act Funds To Work: Getting Main Street Back on its Feet
“As the state has rolled out over $1 billion of the CARES Act monies to the individuals and businesses affected by COVID-19, it became evident the group most overwhelmingly hurt ...
Putting CARES Act Funds To Work: Prioritizing Testing and PPE to Protect Americans
Federal support is needed to ensure that states and territories have the necessary PPE and testing resources to protect our health care workers, all Americans, and continue to safely open ...
Putting CARES Act Funds to Work: Investing in Education, Investing in Recovery
Federal support is needed to ensure school safety, as well as protect public health, stimulate the economy, coordinate and support vaccine distribution, and help prevent tax increases. Our recovery is ...
Coronavirus Relief Fund Eligibility Items
States and local governments are spending money from the CARES Act quickly and wisely. This list illustrates the level of complexity and increasing number of eligible items that states, territories ...
National Governors Association Leadership Calls on Congress to Prioritize State and Local Aid
‘This Is a National Problem, and It Demands a Bipartisan and National Solution’ WASHINGTON – New York Governor and National Governors Association Chairman Andrew Cuomo and Arkansas Governor and NGA ...
Policy Making During a Pandemic: Navigating the New Normal and What Lies Ahead Roundtables
Throughout the month of October, NGA will be hosting four policy roundtables for state policymakers and NGA experts to discuss today's most pressing policy priorities. We will convene to discuss ...
Letter Regarding the Coronavirus Relief Fund
NGA and other state and local organizations sent a letter to the Department of the Treasury’s Office of the Inspector Generalexpressing concern that recent changes to the regulatory and oversight ...
