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.
Substance Use Disorder and Addiction
Governors have long been at the forefront of efforts to prevent and treat opioid use disorder (OUD) and substance use ...
Economic Development
Businesses – and the people who start them and work for them – create jobs and compete in the global ...
Maternal and Child Health
NGA works with states to help them improve health outcomes for pregnant women, mothers and children for decades. We offer ...
Transportation
States are responsible for developing and implementing transportation strategies that encourage improved system performance, increased mobility, enhanced economic development and ...
Infrastructure
Sound infrastructure is vital to our quality of life. It helps move people, good, communications and services and provides for ...
K-12 Education Issues
Today governors are leading widespread efforts to better ensure that all students graduate high school ready for success in college, ...
Postsecondary Education
Postsecondary education is more important to states than ever before. Within the next decade, nearly two-thirds of the jobs in ...
Behavioral Health and Social Determinants of Health
A governor is uniquely situated to look across the state and coordinate action among state agencies, communities and stakeholders. Many ...
Resilience
NGA defines resilience as the ability to withstand disasters better, respond and recover more quickly, and excel under new conditions ...
Public Health Preparedness
The COVID-19 pandemic along with the unexpected outbreaks of Ebola in 2014 and the Zika virus in 2015-16, are just ...
