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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 ...

Governors Priorities to Reauthorize the Farm Bill
The co-chairs of the National Governors Association (NGA) Education, Workforce and Community Investment Task Force wrote a letter to Congressional ...

Public Health And Disaster Response Task Force Sends FY24 Appropriations Letter to Congress
The co-chairs of the National Governors Association (NGA) Public Health and Disaster Response Task Force wrote a letter to Congressional ...

State and Local Government Organizations urge Passage of the railway safety act of 2023
On behalf of the National Governors Association (NGA), the National League of Cities (NLC), and the National Association of Counties ...

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 ...

Governors Call for Energy and Permitting Compromise
WASHINGTON – Today, National Governors Association (NGA) Vice Chair Utah Governor Spencer Cox and Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards released ...

Governors Collaborate to Speed Energy Infrastructure Construction
WASHINGTON – National Governors Association (NGA) Vice Chair Utah Governor Spencer Cox and Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards released the following ...

Governors Call for Fiscal Stability
WASHINGTON – Today, National Governors Association Chair Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey and Vice Chair Governor Spencer Cox of ...

State And Local Government Associations Commend Congress for Infrastructure and Disaster Flexibility
WASHINGTON – With the enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, the seven leading organizations representing state and local ...

Support for Inclusion of the State, Local Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act in the next legislative or spending vehicle
The Honorable Nancy PelosiSpeakerUnited States House of Representatives The Honorable Charles E. SchumerMajority LeaderUnited States Senate The Honorable Kevin McCarthyRepublican ...

Briefing on DOJ Programs to Improve School and Community Safety
On Friday, September 2, the National Governors Association Bipartisan Working Group on School and Community Safety hosted the second of ...