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WGA share recommendations for the 2023 Farm Bill with House Subcommittee on...

Published on February 01, 2022
The House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry is focused on review of the conservation issues important to the upcoming 2023 Farm Bill...
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Agriculture

WGA share recommendations for the 2023 Farm Bill with House Subcommittee on...

Published on February 01, 2022

WGA emphasizes the need for state-federal collaboration on behavioral healt...

Published on January 31, 2022
The Western Governors’ Association submitted policy recommendations to the House Committee on Ways and Means in advance of the Committee’s hearing on America&...
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Healthcare

WGA emphasizes the need for state-federal collaboration on behavioral healt...

Published on January 31, 2022

WGA urges Senate to increase mental health care access

Published on January 31, 2022
Ahead of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions’ hearing on mental health and substance use disorders, the Western Governors’ Association sh...
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Healthcare

WGA urges Senate to increase mental health care access

Published on January 31, 2022

Western Governors urge National Telecommunications and Information Administ...

Published on January 31, 2022
The Western Governors’ Association shared policy recommendations with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to aid in the implementation ...
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Connectivity

Western Governors urge National Telecommunications and Information Administ...

Published on January 31, 2022

Western Governors encourage a strong state-federal partnership to maximize ...

Published on January 28, 2022
Western Governors encouraged the Federal Highway Administration to consider The Western Governors’ Association’s Electric Vehicles Roadmap Initiative Report and po...
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Economic Development

Western Governors encourage a strong state-federal partnership to maximize ...

Published on January 28, 2022

Western Governors urge Department of Commerce to focus funding on rural cap...

Published on January 27, 2022
In correspondence with the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), Western Governors shared policy recommendations to help inform the Department’s FY 22/26 Learning Agenda, r...
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Economic Development

Western Governors urge Department of Commerce to focus funding on rural cap...

Published on January 27, 2022

WGA urges the House Committee on Agriculture to expand support for social i...

Published on January 19, 2022
The Western Governors’ Association submitted policy recommendations relating to rural economic health and development to the House Committee on Agriculture in advance of...
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Agriculture

WGA urges the House Committee on Agriculture to expand support for social i...

Published on January 19, 2022

WGA advocates for electric vehicle infrastructure as Department of Transpor...

Published on January 18, 2022
The Western Governors’ Association shared policy recommendations with the U.S. Department of Transportation to aid in its development of a Research Development, and Tech...
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State-Federal Relationship

WGA advocates for electric vehicle infrastructure as Department of Transpor...

Published on January 18, 2022

WGA urged the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform to...

Published on January 11, 2022
Western Governors urged the House Committee on Oversight and Reform to clarify the roles and responsibilities of federal agencies in preventing, preparing for, and r...
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Economic Development

WGA urged the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform to...

Published on January 11, 2022

WGA encouraged House Committee on Agriculture to support expanding electric...

Published on January 11, 2022
The Western Governors’ Association encouraged the House Committee on Agriculture to support expanding electric vehicle infrastructure in rural areas ahead of the Committ...
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Agriculture

WGA encouraged House Committee on Agriculture to support expanding electric...

Published on January 11, 2022

Hydropower project licensing highlighted in WGA correspondence with Senate ...

Published on January 10, 2022
Hydropower project licensing, congressional support for water infrastructure, and the role of basic water data in supporting effective water management were just some of the i...
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Economic Development

Hydropower project licensing highlighted in WGA correspondence with Senate ...

Published on January 10, 2022

Executive Director’s Notebook: ‘Top Ten List’ of Western Governors’...

Published on December 30, 2021
Despite the challenges of a global pandemic, catastrophic natural disasters and civil discord, Western Governors had a banner year in 2021, working on a bipartisan basis to ad...
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Agriculture

Executive Director’s Notebook: ‘Top Ten List’ of Western Governors’...

Published on December 30, 2021

LISTEN: New ‘Out West’ episode explores the work to strengthen and reba...

Published on December 22, 2021
The new episode of WGA’s Out West podcast, Strengthening the State-Federal Relationship, explores the work that Western states and organizations are under...
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State-Federal Relationship

LISTEN: New ‘Out West’ episode explores the work to strengthen and reba...

Published on December 22, 2021

Highlights from the 2021 WGA Winter Meeting

Published on December 09, 2021
The first day of WGA's 2021 Winter Meeting, hosted by Idaho Gov. Brad Little, wrapped up on Dec. 9 after a day of penetrating conversations on the glob...
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Economic Development

Highlights from the 2021 WGA Winter Meeting

Published on December 09, 2021

LISTEN: New ‘Out West’ episode analyzes the emergency response to moss ...

Published on November 22, 2021
The new episode of WGA’s Out West podcast, Moss Balls and Emergency Invasive Species Responses, explores the collaborative efforts of western states and t...
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Species Management

LISTEN: New ‘Out West’ episode analyzes the emergency response to moss ...

Published on November 22, 2021

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