NGA ISSUE LIBRARY
Our nation’s Governors are dedicated to leading bipartisan solutions that improve citizens’ lives. Through NGA, Governors identify priority issues and deal with matters of public policy and governance at the state, national and global levels. NGA teams work side-by-side with state leaders to identify challenges and develop solutions. View NGA products below, filterable by content type and topic.

Healthcare Workforce
The NGA Center for Best Practices works with states and territories to strengthen their healthcare workforce with the goals of ...
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Maternal and Infant Health: Expanding Access and Quality of Care
The third roundtable of the New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy’s Initiative on maternal and infant health took place in ...
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Governors Announce Bipartisan Permitting Vision to Accelerate Project Delivery
WASHINGTON – Today, National Governors Association (NGA) Vice Chair Utah Governor Spencer Cox and Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards released ...
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Governors Murphy, Shapiro, Carney Join Forces to Strengthen Youth Mental Health
Philadelphia – National Governors Association (NGA) Chair New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy continued his nationwide initiative on strengthening youth mental ...
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Infrastructure Coordinator Quarterly Workshop
From May 16 to 18, 2023, NGA hosted its Quarterly Infrastructure Coordinator Workshop in Washington D.C. With $37 billion in ...
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Governors Leading on Skills-Based Hiring to Open Opportunity Pathways
Skills-based hiring is a method of recruiting employees that prioritizes a candidate's competencies over more "traditional" qualifications like degrees. This ...
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Governors Release Statement on End of Title 42, Urge Bipartisan Solutions on Immigration
According to National Governors Association (NGA) Chair Phil Murphy, Governor of New Jersey and NGA Vice Chair Spencer Cox, Governor ...
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Green Banks: An Overview for Governors
As Governors plan to meet their decarbonization, grid resilience and energy affordability policy objectives, innovative financing approaches like state green ...
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How Governors Are Addressing Housing Access and Affordability and the Connection to Workforce Success
Governors are increasingly confronting both workforce and housing shortages in a whole of government, complementary manner to not only ensure ...
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Prioritizing Resilience: Best Practices on Energy Resilience for Healthcare Facilities
This paper contains best practices to best position healthcare facilities when energy stressor events occur, prioritizing healthcare facility energy resilience ...
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Youth Mental Health: Promoting access and affordability of quality treatment and care
NGA Chair New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer hosted the third convening of the NGA Chair’s ...
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State and Federal Actions to Respond to Xylazine
Xylazine, also known as “tranq,” is a non-opioid drug commonly used for veterinary purposes which has been showing up more ...
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