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.
National Governors Association Warns on TANF Benefits During Shutdown
The National Governors Association, the nonpartisan association of the 55 governors of U.S. states and territories, issued a letter to ...
Letter to Congress regarding First Step Act
Letter from the National Governors Association to congressional leadership supporting passage of criminal-justice reform legislation ...
Preparing the Future of Transportation: Automated Vehicles 3.0
December 3, 2018 The Honorable Elaine ChaoSecretary, United States Department of Transportation1200 New Jersey Avenue, SEWashington, D.C. 20590RE: Preparing the ...
Letter to Congress regarding urgency of passing Farm Bill
Letter from the National Governors Association, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture and National Conference of State Legislatures to congressional ...
Proposed FCC Rule on Small Cell Deployment
Letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from the National Governors Association and the National Conference of State Legislatures regarding ...
Urging Action on Critical Programs Set to Expire
Letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and House Minority ...
Criminal Justice and Sentencing Reform
Letter from Mississippi Governor Bryant and Minnesota Governor Dayton to Senate Judiciary Committee and Senate leadership on governors priorities for ...
The Proposed SAFE Vehicles Rule – Comment Period Extension Request
Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requesting a 120-day comment period for the proposed rule, “The Safer and Affordable ...
Principles for State-Federal Relations
Governors believe that federal action should be limited to those duties and powers delegated to the federal government under the ...
Opioid Crisis Legislation
Letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer regarding passage of legislation geared toward combatting ...
STREAMLINE Small Cell Deployment
Letter to Senators John Thune and Bill Nelson from the National Governors Association, National Conference of State Legislatures, National Association ...
FAA Reauthorization
Letter to Senators John Thune, Bill Nelson, Dean Heller, and Maria Cantwell from the National Governors Association, National Conference of ...
