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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’ News: workforce development, agriculture and tourism a...

Published on June 08, 2022
The Western Governors' Association offers a periodic roundup of Western Governors' work in economic development, natural resources, education, health and safety, and a...
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Agriculture

Western Governors’ News: workforce development, agriculture and tourism a...

Published on June 08, 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

Western Governors’ News: Governors secure major victories for childcare, ...

Published on April 14, 2022
The Western Governors' Association offers a periodic roundup of Western Governors' work in economic development, natural resources, education, health and safety, and a...
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Agriculture

Western Governors’ News: Governors secure major victories for childcare, ...

Published on April 14, 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

WGA call on the House to fund land management projects in partnership with ...

Published on March 10, 2022
The Western Governors’ Association submitted testimony to the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies relating ...
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Economic Development

WGA call on the House to fund land management projects in partnership with ...

Published on March 10, 2022

Western Governors voice support for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act...

Published on March 10, 2022
Western Governors provided comments to the House of Representatives in support of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2021, which offers compensati...
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Healthcare

Western Governors voice support for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act...

Published on March 10, 2022

Western Governors’ News: Sustainable energy, broadband connectivity, work...

Published on March 03, 2022
The Western Governors' Association offers a periodic roundup of Western Governors' work in economic development, natural resources, education, health and safety, and a...
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Agriculture

Western Governors’ News: Sustainable energy, broadband connectivity, work...

Published on March 03, 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

LISTEN: New ‘Out West’ podcast explores the region’s behavioral healt...

Published on January 20, 2022
The new episode of WGA’s ‘Out West’ podcast, On the Mind: Youth Behavioral Health Care Access, delves into the region’s behavioral health care cha...
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Healthcare

LISTEN: New ‘Out West’ podcast explores the region’s behavioral healt...

Published on January 20, 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

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 2022-07, Physical and Behavioral Health Care in Weste...

Published on December 10, 2021
WGA Policy Resolution 2022-07, Physical and Behavioral Health Care in Western States: Access to quality physical and behavioral health care services is an important facto...
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Healthcare

WGA Policy Resolution 2022-07, Physical and Behavioral Health Care in Weste...

Published on December 10, 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

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