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.

Offshore Wind, Energy Storage, Carbon Capture to Be Discussed at Global Energy Solutions Summit

States and international partners will explore policy solutions at a conference hosted by NGA and embassies of Australia, Canada, Denmark ...

New Governors Energy Policy Advisers Webinar (Part 1)

NGA’s Energy, Infrastructure & Environment (EIE) Division hosted a series of events in 2019 for new energy advisers. During this ...
State Highlight: Louisiana’s Efforts to Develop and Support School Leaders

State Highlight: Louisiana’s Efforts to Develop and Support School Leaders

During this webinar the division connected with Donald Songy from Governor John Bel Edwards’ Office and Hannah Dietsch from the ...

Southeast Regional Transportation Electrification Workshop

The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted the Southeast Regional Transportation Electrification Workshop in Nashville, TN ...
Rural Prosperity Through the Arts & Creative Sector

Rural Prosperity Through the Arts & Creative Sector

A partnership between NGA Solutions, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies ...

NGA Offers Strategies for Creative Sector to Revitalize Rural Communities

WASHINGTON — Struggling rural communities have found new life through smart public policies that boost the creative sector, the National ...

The Growing Importance of the Arts to Rural America

Published in Governing. We're all too familiar with the stories of rural areas that didn't rebound from the last recession, ...
NGA Workshop in Des Moines Focuses on Ensuring That Rural America Shares in Prosperity

NGA Workshop in Des Moines Focuses on Ensuring That Rural America Shares in Prosperity

‘Hard’ and ‘soft’ infrastructure are key to empowering rural communities, participants in National Governors Association forum agree Governors came together ...

HHS-01 Health and Human Services

1.1 Preamble Governors across the country face significant challenges in their efforts to ensure the sustainability of health care and ...
Braiding Funding and Leveraging Untapped Funding Streams to Support Work-Based Learning

Braiding Funding and Leveraging Untapped Funding Streams to Support Work-Based Learning

This February 28, 2019 webinar featured: a presentation from National Skills Coalition, a state spotlight on Alabama, and an asset ...
NGA 2019 Winter Meeting

NGA 2019 Winter Meeting

Session videos from the National Governors Association Winter Meeting 2019 which took place Feb 22-25 in Washington, D.C. View Full ...

This Is What Leadership Looks Like

Originally published in The Hill. By Scott D. Pattison As federal government dysfunction led to a record partial government shutdown, ...