Governors' Meetings
November 20-21
Scottsdale, Arizona
2025 Winter Meeting
The 2025 Winter Meeting will feature Western Governors and their distinguished guests in public conversations about the most significant issues facing the region.
June 23-24
Santa Fe, New Mexico
2025 Annual Meeting
The 2025 Annual Meeting featured seven Western Governors and five U.S. Cabinet Secretaries in public conversations about the most significant issues facing the region.
Chair Initiative Events
09/22/25
INL hosts the first workshop of Governor Cox's WGA Chair initiative
The first workshop of Utah Governor Spencer Cox's WGA Chair initiative, Energy Superabundance: Unlocking Prosperity in the West, was held at the Idaho National Laboratory.
This workshop, hosted by Idaho Governor Brad Little, explored topics related to nuclear energy. Policymakers and experts from around the West, including Governor Cox, participated in discussions examining regulatory and permitting challenges for nuclear energy projects, investment needs and policy frameworks, supply chain challenges, and nuclear fuel cycle constraints.
Watch here10/28/25
Energy Superabundance: Colorado Workshop
The second workshop of Utah Governor Spencer Cox's WGA Chair initiative will be held in Denver, Colorado, on October 28 & 29.
For more details on the event, email WGA Policy Advisor Abby Pelsmaeker at [email protected].
Chair Initiatives
Each year, the Chair of the Western Governors’ Association (WGA) chooses an initiative on which to focus the Association’s convening power and policy prowess. The findings of the WGA Chair initiative are memorialized in an initiative report that is released at WGA’s Annual Meeting.
Annual Policy Forum
Annual Policy Forum
The Annual Policy Forum is focused on addressing capacity challenges to equip western communities to undertake locally led community and economic development efforts.