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    07/18/24

    Best of the West: Meet the Olympians from the West; hydrogen-powered ferries; buffalo restoration; Oregon fighter jet; Spanish-language interpreting; more efficient devices; Oklahoma housing

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    07/11/24

    Best of the West: Building a climate-ready workforce; western tech hubs; solar canals; storing nuclear waste; Meta in Wyoming; Colorado nuclear energy; studying microplastics; housing firefighters

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    07/09/24

    Highlight video from WGA’s 2024 Annual Meeting

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    07/03/24

    WGA submits bipartisan policy strategies to support America’s cyber workforce

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    06/27/24

    Best of the West: Addressing the physician shortage; mental health rebounds; the first class of American Climate Corps; a fix for Teton Pass; and riding with Cherokee history

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    06/20/24

    Best of the West: Big week for nuclear; kelp farming; floating solar panels; geothermal greenhouses; clean energy investments; giant sunfish; and the monolith returns

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    06/12/24

    Western Governors elect New Mexico Governor Lujan Grisham as Chair of the Western Governors’ Association

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    06/12/24

    Highlights from the 2024 Annual Meeting

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    06/11/24

    Western Governors adopt five policy resolutions

    CATEGORY: Environmental Management, Forest & Rangeland Management, Mining, State-Federal Relationship, Transportation, Water, WGA News
    06/11/24

    WGA Signs Shared Stewardship MOU with USDA

    CATEGORY: Environmental Management, Forest & Rangeland Management, State-Federal Relationship, Wildfires, WGA News
    06/09/24

    WATCH: Judy Woodruff moderates WGA’s 40th Anniversary Celebration

    CATEGORY: WGA News, 40th Anniversary
    06/06/24

    Best of the West: Creative solutions to teacher shortages; water projects; opioid abatement; cows eating seaweed; T-Rex uncovered; solar design contest; Tiny Desk winner

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    05/30/24

    Best of the West: Geothermal projects heat up; a new search and rescue tool; protecting Pacific marten; replacing lead pipes; powering the Choctaw Nation; and climbing the world’s tallest tree

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    05/29/24

    WGA submits policy strategies to combat the fentanyl crisis to the Senate Finance Committee

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    05/16/24

    Best of the West: Reservoirs filling up; DU goes solar; wildfire defense; extreme heat; new cancer treatment techniques; wildfire academy; solar array; fusion energy

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    The Chair's Initiative

    Decarbonizing the West

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    Current and former Western Governors discuss bipartisanship, call for unity in joint interviews with PBS Books
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    Best of the West: Reviving passenger rail; solar workforce boom; monitoring water from space; portable nuclear generator; economics of outdoor rec; record-breaking pumpkin
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