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Advancing Equity in the Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Sectors
On Wednesday, September 27th NGA hosted its third webinar in a four-part series highlighting innovative and replicable projects that are ...

2023 Energy Cybersecurity Resources For Governors’ Advisors
This resource guide provides an overview of federal and state cybersecurity standards for the energy sector as well as a ...

How Healthy Conflict Can Strengthen Nation
Connecticut Governor New Lamont, a Democrat, recently joined former Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell, a Republican, to participate in a ...

Early Wins: A Tailored Tool For A Big Problem
Policymakers and technologists who are working to build learning and employment records talk about the ways they could transform how ...

Public Health and Disaster Response Task Force Meeting on Critical Infrastructure
Public Health and Disaster Response Task Force Co-Chairs Hawai‘i Governor Josh Green and Vermont Governor Phil Scott hosted a meeting ...

At Disagree Better Event, National Security Experts Warn of the Dangers of Toxic Polarization
Americans are all too familiar with the impact of toxic polarization in settings from home to work to Congress. Whether ...

State and Territory Leaders Meet for the Next Generation of the Healthcare Workforce Summit
The 2023 National Governors Association Healthcare Workforce Summit was held in Broomfield, Colorado, August 21-23, 2023. The summit brought together ...

Bridging Partisan Divides by Repairing American Institutions
Through his Chair’s Initiative: Disagree Better, National Governors Association Chair Utah Governor Spencer Cox aims to elevate solutions to toxic ...

Governors Recognize Suicide Prevention Month
Suicide is a leading cause of death and claimed the lives of nearly 50,000 individuals in 2022, according to preliminary ...

Disagree Better Panelists Share Stories, Data Showing Americans Want to Engage in More Positive Dialogue
National Governors Association (NGA) Chair Utah Governor Spencer Cox welcomed Governors, national experts and students to Manchester, New Hampshire, September ...

Governors Urge Congress to Address Water Infrastructure Funding Cuts
The Co-Chairs of the National Governors Association's Economic Development and Revitalization Task Force wrote a letter to Congressional leaders urging ...

Governors Urge Congress to pass appropriations for fiscal year 2024
WASHINGTON – Today, National Governors Association Chair Utah Governor Spencer Cox and Vice Chair Colorado Governor Jared Polis released the ...