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The National Governors Association’s 114th annual Winter Meeting was January 28-31, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Governors met to discuss best practices and bipartisan collaboration on leading policy issues including ...

Governors of states, territories and commonwealths are outlining their priorities for 2022 in state of the state or commonwealth addresses, as well as inaugural addresses for new and re-elected Governors. To showcase their ...

COVID has hit our workforce and economy hard. As governors, we offer this strategy for growth in 2022. by Governor Laura Kelly and Governor Spencer Cox All around us, there are signs of a growing mismatch between worker ...

Quick highlights of interest to states and territories from the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act. by Mary Catherine Ott On Tuesday, December 7th, House and Senate Armed Services Committee leadership released the text ...

President Biden Joins the White House COVID-19 Response Team’s Regular Call with the National Governors Association to Discuss his Administration’s Response to the Omicron Variant and to Hear from the Governors on the ...

Governors will continue to be at the forefront leading the implementation of these historic infrastructure investments. by Glenn Grimshaw The National Governors Association convened a bipartisan group of Governors and staff ...

Arkansas Governor and NGA Chairman Asa Hutchinson hosted the official national launch event for #CSEdWeek 2021 in Little Rock, Arkansas. By Catherine Van Ness On Friday, November 3, 2021, NGA Chairman Arkansas Governor Asa ...

Governors have developed ambitious initiatives to improve the lives of children and families. by Isabella Cuneo Governing a state is a bit like flying an airplane: You must know how things look from 30,000 feet. The most ...

As Governors make plans to deploy new federal dollars to improve infrastructure in their states and territories, the National Governors Association (NGA) hosted five Governors, federal officials and private-sector partners ...

How States are Leveraging Data to Respond to and Recover from the COVID-19 Pandemic by Jess Kirchner, Jordan Hynes, and Belle Cuneo In the fight against COVID-19, one of the most significant weapons in the government’s ...

The national computer science education conference in Los Angeles, California brought together state leaders, local educators, and industry partners to discuss strategies to expand access and equity in computer science ...

Staff from the NGA Center for Best Practices recently sat down with Utah Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson to learn about the Return Utah program. While in Utah, staff visited several other work-based learning programs in ...