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    WGA shares perspectives on sustainable agriculture with the House Subcommit...

    Published on February 01, 2022
    In correspondence with the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture, the Western Governors’ Association submitted several po...
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    Agriculture

    WGA shares perspectives on sustainable agriculture with the House Subcommit...

    Published on February 01, 2022

    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

    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 continue advocacy to expand the Rural eConnectivity Progr...

    Published on January 27, 2022
    Western Governors provided comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Utilities Service (RUS) on the third Rural eConnectivity Program Funding Opportu...
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    Connectivity

    Western Governors continue advocacy to expand the Rural eConnectivity Progr...

    Published on January 27, 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

    Western Governors deliver 2022 State of the State Addresses

    Published on January 14, 2022
    Several Western Governors are delivering State of the State addresses in 2022. Below is a roundup of the speeches delivered so far; the word cloud above represents common issu...
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    Economic Development

    Western Governors deliver 2022 State of the State Addresses

    Published on January 14, 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

    WGA advocates for innovative and integrated water management with the House...

    Published on January 10, 2022
    Integrated water management, including permitting water transfers, congressional support for water infrastructure, and access to basic water data that supports drought respons...
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    Economic Development

    WGA advocates for innovative and integrated water management with the House...

    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

    WGA Policy Resolution 2022-05, Cybersecurity

    Published on December 10, 2021
    Policy Resolution 2022-05, Cybersecurity: The cybersecurity of their states and the nation is a high priority for Western Governors.  In this renewed resolution, Wes...
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    Economic Development

    WGA Policy Resolution 2022-05, Cybersecurity

    Published on December 10, 2021

    WGA Policy Resolution 2022-04, Foreign Visitor Preclearance

    Published on December 10, 2021
    WGA Policy Resolution 2022-04, Foreign Visitor Preclearance: Governors support the expanded use of air preclearance operations at foreign airports to streamline internati...
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    Economic Development

    WGA Policy Resolution 2022-04, Foreign Visitor Preclearance

    Published on December 10, 2021

    WGA Policy Resolution 2022-03, Workforce Development in the Western United ...

    Published on December 10, 2021
    WGA Policy Resolution 2022-03, Workforce Development in the Western United States: Western Governors call for expanding work-based learning, supporting high-quality caree...
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    Economic Development

    WGA Policy Resolution 2022-03, Workforce Development in the Western United ...

    Published on December 10, 2021

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