The National Governors Association (NGA) is the collective voice of the nation's governors. News is presented for information and does not imply endorsement.
“Governors commend Congress for setting aside partisan differences to pass a bill that works for the American people. States stand ready to immediately put these funds to good use to fix and improve our nation’s infrastructure.” - Gov.
@AsaHutchinson
.
@NYGovCuomo
&
@AsaHutchinson
: "We appreciate the
@POTUS
proposals to provide additional solutions to address economic challenges; however, we are concerned by the significant administrative burdens and costs this latest action would place on the states."
In her 2021 South Dakota State of the State Address,
@GovKristiNoem
talked about the importance of registered apprenticeship training programs. Learn more about these programs at:
"We are incredibly proud of Team USA, who stayed committed to their goals in the midst of a worldwide pandemic. We wish all our athletes the best of luck. Let the games begin!" - Governor
@GavinNewsom
🏅
#TokyoOlympics
Yesterday Gov.
@SarahHuckabee
Sanders spoke with the
@MilkenInstitute
on K-12 education in the United States and innovative leadership that puts students and teachers at the center of the agenda. Watch the full interview at:
This week, Gov.
@SarahHuckabee
announced new funding to improve mental health & substance abuse services across Arkansas. The funding will create a statewide crisis response system that will allow first responders to connect people in crisis w/ clinicians.
"We need to make decisions based on science and reality, and there are some hard realities we have to understand."
@GovInslee
tells
@jaketapper
on
#CNNSOTU
.
Get Washington
#coronavirus
information at: or find your state at:
Yesterday, Gov.
@SarahHuckabee
announced new funding for water and wastewater projects across Arkansas. In addition to the funding, Gov. Sanders announced the launch of a comprehensive analysis & review of Arkansas’ State Water Plan. Learn more:
ICYMI:
@GovKristiNoem
signed an Order expanding job opportunities to South Dakotans without a postsecondary degree, it requires executive branch agencies to consider work & life experiences when a degree is not required to perform the duties of the job.
"We recognize this is a shared priority. No such thing as a Republican bridge or a Democratic roadway. People are coming to us to modernize our transportation system to make them safer, cleaner and more accessible."
-
@SecretaryPete
to Governors at the 2022
#NGAWinterMeeting
This week
@GovernorVA
Youngkin delivered his 2023 State of the Commonwealth address with proposals to transform the behavioral health system in Virginia by expanding system capacity so that every Virginian can get help when they need it. Learn more:
Yesterday, Governor
@SarahHuckabee
Sanders joined
@DConservPodcast
for a discussion on her administration’s Natural State Initiative to boost outdoor recreation access and opportunities in Arkansas. Listen here:
"Let me be clear, conflict and passionate debate around ideas can be healthy, but contempt and contention will rot the souls of our nation and her people." -
@GovCox
Two days ago, I gave my inaugural speech. It feels more important today. I hope you will take a few minutes and listen to it. "I promise that our children and our children’s children will learn about this moment in our history."
The
#GovernmentShutdown
has gone on too long. It's time to reopen the government while federal leaders resolve the issues that divide them.
#WeTheStates
"The decisions that I’ve made have not been easy. I’m fighting to save our people. And I need everyone in Louisiana to be with me."
@LouisianaGov
on
@lpborg
's
#coronavirus
roundtable: Stay informed at:
.
@GovLarryHogan
and
@NYGovCuomo
: "In the absence of unrestricted fiscal support of at least $500 billion from the federal government, states will have to confront the prospect of significant reductions to critically important services …"
#COVID19
NGA Chair Utah
@GovCox
and Maryland
@GovWesMoore
remind us that politics is important but shouldn’t define us or destroy our relationships. Learn more about the
#DisagreeBetter
initiative at:
On Sunday, in her second inaugural address,
@GovMLG
talked about creating long-term prosperity through economic and workforce development. Watch the full address at:
In a new
#DisagreeBetter
video, Maryland
@GovWesMoore
and Lonaconing Mayor Jack Coburn talk about being different without being divisive, by listening, asking questions and having important conversations. Learn more:
"If we are strong enough to see ourselves through this year of crisis (and we are), if we are still fighting after the hits we took in 2020 (and we are), then there is nothing that can beat us. Nothing. We may get knocked down. But we will never be knocked out."
@GovMLG
This week
@GovAndyBeshear
signed six measures to improve education access in Kentucky including: addressing teacher shortages, supporting early literacy education, and speeding up the process for school district construction projects. Learn more:
.
@MassGovernor
Baker on the tremendous response of the health care workers in fighting
#COVID19
plus areas where the pandemic has shown the need to update the health care system, particularly in
#telehealth
, scope of practice for nurse practitioners, & behavioral
#healthcare
.
Under the leadership of
#NewMexico
@GovMLG
, state agencies worked closely with internet service providers to promote low-cost services, establishing 1,250 Wi-Fi hotspots and providing thousands of laptops and hotspots to students.
.
@GovMurphy
says the majority of people, regardless of party, are desperate for politicians to make progress and get along with one another, and progress on infrastructure seems to be a model for that.
#NGAWinterMeeting
#bipartisanship
#WeTheStates
are calling on
@WhiteHouse
to formally renew the Public Health Emergency declaration for
#COVID19
, which otherwise would expire July 25. States need every tool available to combat this deadly
#pandemic
.
#Governors
play a critical role in expanding access to health care services via telehealth. At the start of 2021,
#SouthDakota
@govkristinoem
announced plans to permanently extend the state’s emergency telehealth rules.
From the, literal, ashes we have been working our way through, tremendous opportunities present themselves...the importance of this moment is profound. - CA Governor
@GavinNewsom
at
#WeTheStates
To promote long-term recovery and resiliency efforts in the face of natural disasters
@GovAndyBeshear
announced the creation of the Kentucky Council for Community Recovery and Resiliency. Learn more:
Reforming Arizona's occupational licensing laws is a priority of
@dougducey
. Under a bill awaiting his signature, Arizona would become the first state to recognize licenses granted by other states.
#WeTheStates
"Just like voting, filling out the
#Census
is an act of civic engagement, a demand to be fully heard and fully counted...take the time to make sure that your voice is heard."
@GovPritzker
#MakeItCount
at
"It is so different being a Governor, where you actually have to get stuff done, where you have to work with other people." -
@GovCox
on
@PostLive
today talking about the difference between politics and governing.
.
@GovernorVA
says people understand that changes needed to fight
#coronavirus
"...are difficult, but they are necessary." Find Virginia updates at:
Or find your state here:
This week,
@GovEvers
announced a new grant program with
@WDNR
to support the replacement, reconstruction, treatment, or abandonment of contaminated private wells and increase access to clean drinking water across the state. Learn more:
In a new
#DisagreeBetter
video, Alabama
@GovernorKayIvey
and Tuscaloosa Mayor
@WaltMaddox
remind us of the importance of listening and putting in the effort to understand each others perspectives. Learn more:
.
@CISAjen
joined
#Governors
& stakeholders at
#NGAWinterMeeting
to look at how states are partnering with industry and the federal government to protect against cyber-threats, criminals, and malicious actors online.
#CyberSecurity
ICYMI: Last week
@GovCox
joined
@SecretaryPete
to announce the new PROTECT program, a bipartisan funding formula that will provide $7.3 billion to help states prepare for extreme weather events.
.
@GovMurphy
opens the NGA
#YouthMentalHealth
Los Angeles Convening with remarks stressing the need to address the youth mental health crisis impacting children across the country. Learn more about the Governor's NGA Chair's Initiative at:
"When we engaged in healthy, honest dialogue, we avoid demonizing others and we're more likely to find solutions." NGA Chair
@GovCox
on why we need to
#DisagreeBetter
. Learn more:
In accepting the gavel as NGA Chair
@GovCox
introduces his Disagree Better Initiative () noting we can disagree without hating each other and can build each other and not tear each other down.
"The actions that we take now will help shape what happens in the next few weeks and month."
@GovernorVA
Get VA
#coronavirus
information at:
Or find your state/territory at:
"If we can get our citizens to follow these directions, it will absolutely turn this curve and we can get on the other side of this virus, and it’s critical that we do that for our healthcare system."
@GovKemp
- Find Georgia
#coronavirus
resources at
"...a great deal has been asked of you over the past 11 months & I’m grateful for the endless sacrifices so many of you have made...the end is in sight, but for the next few months, we must continue to stay vigilant and take steps to stop the spread."
@MassGovernor
#CovidVaccine
The nation’s Governors met with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy this morning to receive an update on Ukraine’s humanitarian and security situation and to express bipartisan support for the Ukrainian people in their fight against the Russian invasion.
At NGA Winter Meeting over the weekend, governors signed a memorandum of understanding with the Council for the Australian Federation to strengthen cross-country ties and celebrate 100 years of
#mateship
. Read more here:
#WeTheStates
cc
@AusintheUS
Yesterday,
@GovernorVA
Glenn Youngkin announced that
@RTX_News
has made a donation to
@NAFCareerAcads
to kickstart a STEM education program in Virginia’s schools and the Commonwealth’s K-12 College Partnership Laboratory School Initiative. More:
NGA Chairman, Arkansas Governor
@AsaHutchinson
gives welcoming remarks and an introduction to his Chairman’s Initiative: K-12 Computer Science Education at the 2022
#NGAWinterMeeting
"These dual economic crises have created a revenue gap that threatens to swallow essential services so many depend upon, everything from education to small business support, child welfare to health care services and more." -
@GovMLG
#InvestInRecovery
"Our nation was founded on profound disagreement, healthy disagreement. I want us to disagree, but there's a right way to do that and a wrong way to do it. We can disagree without hating each other."
@GovCox
on why we need to
#DisagreeBetter
. Learn more:
"We all love this great country, and we want the best for it. And that’s something that fundamentally unites us. Together we can
#DisagreeBetter
" -
@GovofCO
Jared Polis, NGA Vice Chair, on
@GovCox
's NGA Chair's Initiative. Learn more:
"If you are getting tired and you've let your guard down, now is the time to pick it back up. Mask up, wash your hands, keep your distance. We have to manage through this."
@GovPritzker
on
#COVID19
"You look at
#reentry
programs and those coming out of prison, it's the right thing to do at a human level for those that are genuinely seeking a second chance." Arkansas Gov.
@AsaHutchinson
Kansas
@GovLauraKelly
signed a bill designed to boost agriculture by allowing the growing and cultivation of commercial-industrial hemp. Until now it was only allowed within research programs outlined in the 2014 Farm Bill.
#WeTheStates
#ICYMI
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, general secretary of Germany's Christian Democratic Party, speaks on balance, "burden sharing" and what she calls a "practical partnership."
.
@GovMurphy
concludes his time has Chair, passing the gavel to newly elected NGA Chair
@GovCox
& Vice Chair
@GovCO
, while stressing the value of working across the aisle.
Weeks after our Winter Meeting reaffirmed Japan's crucial relationships with states, Maryland
@GovLarryHogan
and
@JapanEmbDC
signed a document recommitting them to promote trade, investment, life sciences collaboration, academic exchanges and information sharing.
#WeTheStates
At the NGA
#YouthMentalHealth
Roundtable,
@GovMurphy
shares a new video from
@BubbaWallace
with a powerful message: "It's ok to say you're not ok...mental health issues are not problems to be ashamed of, they're problems to be solved."
ICYMI: This week Arizona
@GovernorHobbs
,
@CAgovernor
Newsom & Nevada Governor Joe
@JosephMLombardo
announced a plan to conserve 3 million acre-feet over the next three years to protect the Colorado River system. Learn more:
We joined education advocates in calling on
#Congress
to allocate sufficient funding for K-12 schools and higher-education institutions to ensure safe reopenings in the fall, as well as ensuring local control in educational decision-making.
In discussion of his NGA Chair's initiative,
@GovCox
says to break the cycle of toxic politics and create incentives for elected officials to
#DisagreeBetter
, we, as voters, need to demand that politicians treat each other with dignity and respect. More:
Today,
@GovCox
will lead the first Convening of his
#DisagreeBetter
NGA Chair’s Initiative,
@GovChrisSununu
is hosting the event to bring together some of the country’s top experts to focus on elevating political discourse. Learn about the initiative at:
In 2019,
@GovernorVA
became the first Governor to appoint a Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Virginia. This cabinet-level position is responsible for developing a sustainable framework to promote inclusive practices across state government.
This week
@GovMurphy
announced a partnership with
@uwilltech
to provide free access to mental health support to NJ college students. Learn more about the partnership: and the Governor's NGA Chair’s Initiative on
#YouthMentalHealth
:
"...prisons should not be one stop in a circle that leads back to prison."
@IAGovernor
on workforce re-entry at
#WeTheStates
Watch the entire session at:
.
@GovernorVa
gives thanks to the
@VaNationalGuard
for their work in fighting
#coronavirus
and encourages an extension in the the use of Title 32 National Guard operations beyond May 31.
Good morning from Atlantic City, where Governors are meeting at the 2023
#NGAAnnualMeeting
. Sessions today include discussion on
#youthmentalhealth
, maternal and infant health, disaster response and Governors’ actions to accelerate
#infrastructure
projects.
In his monthly press conference
@GovCox
mentioned this new
@pewresearch
study, showing "Americans’ Dismal Views of the Nation’s Politics," and the need for all Americans to learn to
#DisagreeBetter
. See resources for overcoming toxic polarization at
NEW: Americans have long been critical of politicians and skeptical of the federal government. But today, Americans’ views of politics and elected officials are unrelentingly negative, with little hope of improvement in the future. 🧵
.
@braverangels
Senior Fellow
@moniguzman
moderates a discussion at the
#NGAAnnual
Meeting about the "most critical topic" impacting our country, toxic polarization that is keeping us from solving our other problems.
#DisagreeBetter
People out of the workforce for a long time can have a hard time finding work without something recent on their resume. Return Utah – a new work-based learning program – aims to solve that. Learn more in our interview with
@LGHendersonUtah
here
Closing out the 2024
#NGAWinterMeeting
,
@GovofCO
Jared Polis moderated a Governors’ discussion with
@EconCharlie
on the current state of housing in the U.S. and efforts to improve affordability. Session videos will be available here:
"I love this country, and I know the people who I disagree with also love this country. Together, we can
#DisagreeBetter
" - NGA Chair Utah
@GovCox
. Learn more: