PROVIDENCE, RI—The National Governors Association (NGA), Council of the Federation (COF) of Canada and Conferencia Nacional de Gobernadores (CONAGO) of Mexico release the following joint statement as part of 2017 NGA ... Read More
PROVIDENCE, RI—Today National Governors Association (NGA) Chair Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe kicked off the 2017 NGA Summer Meeting with a discussion on how states continue to develop strategies to thwart cyber ... Read More
WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association (NGA) today announced that Vice President of the United States Mike Pence will address more than 30 of the nation’s governors at the NGA Summer Meeting in Providence, Rhode ... Read More
WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association (NGA) today announced Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will address the nation’s governors at their 109th Summer Meeting in Providence, Rhode Island. “I am thrilled ... Read More
WASHINGTON—Earlier today the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing to examine the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and the Community Health Center Fund. The ... Read More
WASHINGTON—Today the Senate confirmed Brock Long to become administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, chair and vice chair of the National ... Read More
WASHINGTON—Today the National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices released Shared Priorities from the Governors’ Bipartisan Health Reform Learning Network, which summarizes a collection of bipartisan ... Read More
Incoming National Governors Association (NGA) Chair Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval today announced that Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, will be joining the nation’s governors at their Summer Meeting in ... Read More
The National Governors Association (NGA) Chair Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe hosted the final summit for his chair’s initiative, Meet the Threat: States Confront the Cyber Challenge, in Leesburg, Virginia, ... Read More
NGA CEO Scott Pattison said governors will need lots of tools in the toolbox, in the form of public-private partnerships, municipal bonds and federal funding, to repair and maintain the nation’s infrastructure. Read More
Yesterday former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the new U.S. ambassador to China. Earlier, he was approved unanimously by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to advance his nomination to the ... Read More
The National Governors Association (NGA) along with other leading organizations that represent state and local governments at the federal level – the National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, U.S. ... Read More