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Western Governors express support for provisions within America’s Outdoor...

Published on September 03, 2024
In correspondence with Senate leadership and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Western Governors expressed support for provisions within America’s Ou...
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Environmental Management

Western Governors express support for provisions within America’s Outdoor...

Published on September 03, 2024

Western Governors highlight shared policy recommendations in the final repo...

Published on August 28, 2024
In correspondence with Congressional leadership, Western Governors expressed their bipartisan support for several recommendations in the final report of the Wildland Fire Miti...
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Environmental Management

Western Governors highlight shared policy recommendations in the final repo...

Published on August 28, 2024

Western Governors adopt five policy resolutions

Published on June 11, 2024
To kick off WGA’s 2024 Annual Meeting in Olympic Valley, California, Western Governors formally adopted five policy resolutions.
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Environmental Management

Western Governors adopt five policy resolutions

Published on June 11, 2024

WGA Policy Resolution 2024-09, Water Quality in the West

Published on June 11, 2024
Clean water is essential to strong economies, healthy ecosystems, and quality of life in the West.  In this resolution, Governors emphasize states’ role as co-regul...
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Environmental Management

WGA Policy Resolution 2024-09, Water Quality in the West

Published on June 11, 2024

WGA Signs Shared Stewardship MOU with USDA

Published on June 11, 2024
In the face of mounting land management challenges, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Xochitl Torres Small spoke with five Western Governors at the 2024 Annual Meeting of t...
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Environmental Management

WGA Signs Shared Stewardship MOU with USDA

Published on June 11, 2024

WGA Policy Resolution 2024-05, Disaster Preparedness and Response

Published on June 11, 2024
The resolution recognizes the role Governors have in coordinating the four phases of emergency management: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. It also highlights...
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Environmental Management

WGA Policy Resolution 2024-05, Disaster Preparedness and Response

Published on June 11, 2024

Decarbonizing the West initiative report

Published on June 06, 2024
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon, Chair of the Western Governors’ Association (WGA), launched the Decarbonizing the West initiative in 2023 to examine how decarbonization st...
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Energy

Decarbonizing the West initiative report

Published on June 06, 2024

Western Governors submit testimony on FY 2025 appropriations to House, Sena...

Published on May 10, 2024
The Western Governors’ Association submitted testimony on behalf of the Western Governors to House and Senate leadership on FY 2025 appropriations and act...
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Agriculture

Western Governors submit testimony on FY 2025 appropriations to House, Sena...

Published on May 10, 2024

Explore policy mechanisms for permitting carbon transportation infrastructu...

Published on April 17, 2024
Permitting carbon transport infrastructure “is nonnegotiable if we're serious about decarbonizing in this country,” Scyller Borglum, the Underground Storage Ma...
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Energy

Explore policy mechanisms for permitting carbon transportation infrastructu...

Published on April 17, 2024

WGA urges Senate to increase the number of tribal officers on lands under t...

Published on April 16, 2024
In correspondence with the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, the Western Governors’ Association (WGA) submitted policy recommendations for the BADGES for Native Commun...
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Missing and Murdered Indigenous People

WGA urges Senate to increase the number of tribal officers on lands under t...

Published on April 16, 2024

Western Governors recommend adjustments to Medicare reimbursement policies ...

Published on April 11, 2024
In correspondence with Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Weste...
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Healthcare

Western Governors recommend adjustments to Medicare reimbursement policies ...

Published on April 11, 2024

WGA calls for improved agency coordination to address cybersecurity threats...

Published on April 10, 2024
In correspondence with the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power, the Western Governors’ Association (WGA) submitted policy recommendations...
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Cybersecurity

WGA calls for improved agency coordination to address cybersecurity threats...

Published on April 10, 2024

Western Governors voice support for the Building Chips in America Act, enco...

Published on March 07, 2024
In correspondence with Congressional leadership, Western Governors expressed their support for measures in the bipartisan and bicameral Building Chips in America Act that woul...
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Connectivity

Western Governors voice support for the Building Chips in America Act, enco...

Published on March 07, 2024

WGA urges Congress to support state efforts for curbing the supply of illeg...

Published on January 18, 2024
In correspondence with the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Western Governors’ Association (WGA) highlighted strategies to stem the supply of...
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Healthcare

WGA urges Congress to support state efforts for curbing the supply of illeg...

Published on January 18, 2024

WGA encourages Congress to expand work-based learning and support high-qual...

Published on January 18, 2024
In correspondence with the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, the Western Governors' Association urged...
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Economic Development

WGA encourages Congress to expand work-based learning and support high-qual...

Published on January 18, 2024

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