WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association (NGA) today announced that six states—Arizona, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Virginia—will participate in a learning lab on improving the use of ... Read More
WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association (NGA) today announced that five states—Alaska, Hawaii, Illinois, Utah and West Virginia—will participate in a policy academy on emergency communications interoperability. ... Read More
WASHINGTON—National Governors Association (NGA) Chair Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and Vice Chair Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe today released the following statement in advance of the White House summit on the Zika virus ... Read More
WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association (NGA) today released the following statement urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reject a proposal that would preempt states’ authority to designate ... Read More
Governing’s Louis Jacobson recently interviewed NGA executive director and CEO Scott Pattison for his piece “New Head of Governors Group Talks Future of States.” Jacobson asked Pattison about his new vision for NGA, ... Read More
In its March 14 issue, CQ Weekly named NGA executive director and CEO Scott Pattison as one of its influencers, in the piece “Pattison: Capitals’ Face at the Capitol:” Scott Pattison’s office at the National ... Read More
Governors gathered at the 2016 Winter Meeting to discuss how to address the nation’s opioid crisis, which claims the lives of 78 people each day. At the Health and Human Services Committee session, NGA released a joint ... Read More
WASHINGTON—At the 2016 National Governors Association (NGA) Winter Meeting, led by Chair Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and Vice Chair Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, more than 40 governors gathered to discuss critical issues of ... Read More
NGA Chair Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and Vice Chair Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe took questions from the White House Press Corps directly following their meeting with the President, where they discussed critical issues ... Read More
Joint statement by National Governors Association (NGA) Health and Human Services Committee Chair Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker; Vice Chair New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan; American Medical Association (AMA) Chair-Elect ... Read More
WASHINGTON—To address the deadliest drug epidemic in U.S. history, the nation’s governors are calling on the federal government to take swift action. Governors’ Priorities for Addressing the Nation’s Opioid ... Read More
WASHINGTON—At the closing session of the National Governors Association (NGA) Winter Meeting on Monday, Feb. 22, NGA Chair Utah Gov. Gary Herbert will award Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander with the first-ever James ... Read More