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

    Published on April 01, 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 April 01, 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

    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

    WGA submits policy recommendations to the House Veterans’ Affairs Committ...

    Published on January 12, 2024
    In correspondence with the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, the Western Governors’ Association (WGA) shared policy recommendations to improve health care serv...
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    Healthcare

    WGA submits policy recommendations to the House Veterans’ Affairs Committ...

    Published on January 12, 2024

    WGA urges the federal government to provide technical assistance for cybers...

    Published on January 11, 2024
    In correspondence with the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, the Western Governors’ Association (WGA) urged the federal gover...
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    Cybersecurity

    WGA urges the federal government to provide technical assistance for cybers...

    Published on January 11, 2024

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