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    LISTEN: New podcast episode digs into agricultural workforce development

    Published on May 19, 2022
    The new episode of WGA’s Out West podcast, Agricultural Workforce in the West, explores the challenges that communities face as more agricultural workers&...
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    Agriculture

    LISTEN: New podcast episode digs into agricultural workforce development

    Published on May 19, 2022

    WGA provides information to Department of Health and Human Services regardi...

    Published on May 19, 2022
    On May 19, 2022, in correspondence with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Western Governors’ Association Executive Director Jim Ogsbury, highlighted ...
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    Healthcare

    WGA provides information to Department of Health and Human Services regardi...

    Published on May 19, 2022

    Watch the 2022 Western Prosperity Roundtable Forum

    Published on May 18, 2022
    The 2022 forum for the Western Prosperity Roundtable is being hosted by Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on May 17 and 18 at the 21c Museum Hotel Oklahoma City. You can&nbs...
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    Economic Development

    Watch the 2022 Western Prosperity Roundtable Forum

    Published on May 18, 2022

    Western Governors express support to the Senate for components of the FEMA ...

    Published on May 16, 2022
    Western Governors expressed support to the Senate for certain components of the FEMA Improvement Reform and Efficiency Act of 2021 (FIRE Act), which would equip the Federal Em...
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    Environmental Management

    Western Governors express support to the Senate for components of the FEMA ...

    Published on May 16, 2022

    WGA shares Governors’ perspectives on mining with House Natural Resources...

    Published on May 09, 2022
    The Western Governors’ Association submitted several policy resolutions to the record of the House Natural Resource Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral ...
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    Economic Development

    WGA shares Governors’ perspectives on mining with House Natural Resources...

    Published on May 09, 2022

    Western Governors express concerns that Endangered Species Act could hinder...

    Published on April 28, 2022
    Western Governors expressed concerns to the U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Department of Agriculture regarding ambiguous thresholds for Endangered Species Act Sectio...
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    Species Management

    Western Governors express concerns that Endangered Species Act could hinder...

    Published on April 28, 2022

    LISTEN: New ‘Out West’ episode delves into post-fire restoratio...

    Published on April 21, 2022
    The new episode of WGA’s Out West podcast, Post-Fire Restoration Challenges, explores the challenges that wildfire-affected communities face and the avail...
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    Environmental Management

    LISTEN: New ‘Out West’ episode delves into post-fire restoratio...

    Published on April 21, 2022

    Watch ‘Planning and Collaboration Tools,’ a new webinar exploring tools...

    Published on April 19, 2022
    The Western Governors’ Association hosted the webinar, Planning and Collaboration Tools, on April 19, 2022. The webinar examined technical platforms to he...
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    Forest & Rangeland Management

    Watch ‘Planning and Collaboration Tools,’ a new webinar exploring tools...

    Published on April 19, 2022

    Western Governors submit testimony on FY 2023 appropriations to House, Sena...

    Published on April 06, 2022
    The Western Governors’ Association is submitting testimony on behalf of the Western Governors to House and Senate leadership on FY 2023 appropriations and activities. Th...
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    Agriculture

    Western Governors submit testimony on FY 2023 appropriations to House, Sena...

    Published on April 06, 2022

    WGA provides House with recommendations for disaster preparedness and respo...

    Published on April 05, 2022
    In correspondence with the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, the Weste...
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    Environmental Management

    WGA provides House with recommendations for disaster preparedness and respo...

    Published on April 05, 2022

    Western Governors encourage DOE to partner with the West to develop hydroge...

    Published on March 31, 2022
    This week Western Governors commended the Department of Energy’s (DOE) focus on implementation of a provision of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) direct...
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    Economic Development

    Western Governors encourage DOE to partner with the West to develop hydroge...

    Published on March 31, 2022

    WGA supports new tools for critical mineral and energy development with Sen...

    Published on March 29, 2022
    This week, the Western Governors’ Association urged the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to address barriers to the supply chain for critical minerals. T...
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    Economic Development

    WGA supports new tools for critical mineral and energy development with Sen...

    Published on March 29, 2022

    WGA provides Senate Ag Committee recommendations for improving health care ...

    Published on March 23, 2022
    Western Governors highlighted health care challenges facing the rural West and strategies to effectively address these issues in testimony submitted to the Senate Committee on...
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    Healthcare

    WGA provides Senate Ag Committee recommendations for improving health care ...

    Published on March 23, 2022

    Western Governors applaud Senate introduction of bipartisan bill to encoura...

    Published on March 17, 2022
    In a letter to the Senate, Western Governors applauded the introduction and bipartisan support of the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act, which provide...
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    Environmental Management

    Western Governors applaud Senate introduction of bipartisan bill to encoura...

    Published on March 17, 2022

    WGA provides recommendations for forest management with House Subcommittee ...

    Published on March 14, 2022
    Ahead of the Committee on Oversight and Reform’s Subcommittee on Environment’s hearing: Fighting Fire with Fire, Evaluating the Role of Forest Management in Reduci...
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    Environmental Management

    WGA provides recommendations for forest management with House Subcommittee ...

    Published on March 14, 2022

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