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    WGA Policy Resolution 2022-09, Radioactive Materials Management

    Published on June 30, 2022
    The resolution establishes Western Governors’ policy on radioactive materials management. Specifically, the resolution supports the U.S. Department of Energy’s saf...
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    Energy

    WGA Policy Resolution 2022-09, Radioactive Materials Management

    Published on June 30, 2022

    WGA Policy Resolution 2022-08, National Minerals Policy

    Published on June 30, 2022
    Western Governors support building on the 1970 Mining and Minerals Policy Act with legislation and policies that unlock our domestic mineral potential and ensure access to met...
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    Economic Development

    WGA Policy Resolution 2022-08, National Minerals Policy

    Published on June 30, 2022

    Western Governors commend FCC ruling to fund internet access on school buse...

    Published on June 30, 2022
    In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, Western Governors expressed appreciation for the agency's proposed ruling to allow the use of E-Rate Program funding ...
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    Connectivity

    Western Governors commend FCC ruling to fund internet access on school buse...

    Published on June 30, 2022

    Western Governors urge Congress to permanently expand telehealth services

    Published on June 30, 2022
    In a letter to Congress, Western Governors urged lawmakers to expand telehealth services by establishing permanent regulatory and statutory changes based on temporary waivers ...
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    Connectivity

    Western Governors urge Congress to permanently expand telehealth services

    Published on June 30, 2022

    Western Governors urge HHS to establish permanent telehealth services

    Published on June 30, 2022
    In a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Western Governors highlighted what western states have been doing to advance mutual health care priorities, es...
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    Connectivity

    Western Governors urge HHS to establish permanent telehealth services

    Published on June 30, 2022

    Western Governors voice support for elements of the Water Resources Develop...

    Published on June 30, 2022
    In a letter to Congress, Western Governors voiced their support for provisions in the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022 and provided policy recommendations that r...
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    State-Federal Relationship

    Western Governors voice support for elements of the Water Resources Develop...

    Published on June 30, 2022

    WGA expresses support to the Senate for Fire Ready Nation Act of 2022

    Published on June 28, 2022
    The Western Governors’ Association expressed support to the Senate for the Fire Ready Nation Act of 2022, bipartisan legislation to expand the nation’s capacity to...
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    Environmental Management

    WGA expresses support to the Senate for Fire Ready Nation Act of 2022

    Published on June 28, 2022

    WGA shares Governors’ perspectives on advancing privacy-enhancing technol...

    Published on June 23, 2022
    In response to a Request for Information from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the Western Governors’ Association submitted several policy...
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    Economic Development

    WGA shares Governors’ perspectives on advancing privacy-enhancing technol...

    Published on June 23, 2022

    LISTEN: New podcast episode explores state efforts to support rural communi...

    Published on June 23, 2022
    The new episode of WGA’s Out West podcast, Supporting Coal Communities, explores the economic trends impacting Utah’s coal communities in the face of cha...
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    Economic Development

    LISTEN: New podcast episode explores state efforts to support rural communi...

    Published on June 23, 2022

    WGA shares Western Governors’ policy perspectives on rural development wi...

    Published on May 25, 2022
    In correspondence with the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, the Western Governors’ Association articulated policy recommendations on various chal...
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    Economic Development

    WGA shares Western Governors’ policy perspectives on rural development wi...

    Published on May 25, 2022

    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

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