National Governors Association

Governors work for their constituents and NGA works for governors. That means keeping the people closest to the phones, the inboxes, and the mailroom connected to each other too; which is why NGA brought correspondence and constituent services staff together last week for the first of three virtual peer convenings this year, focused on internal analytics, helpful reporting, a...

On May 20-21, the Oregon Department of Energy, in partnership with the National Governors Association (NGA) and the office of Gov. Tina Kotek convened a meeting to discuss challenges and potential solutions to upgrading and expanding transmission infrastructure in Oregon.

The following is a summary of that meeting.

Four ‘Ps’ were identified to structure th...

The National Governors Association (NGA) and AmericaFWD recently convened state economic development officials, researchers and investment experts to take stock of what Opportunity Zones (OZs) accomplished in their first round and what states should do differently as the new designation window o...

Human Services Policy Advisors Institute | June 24th, 2026

H.R. 1, or “The One Big Beautiful Bill”, introduced significant changes to work requirements across major health and human services programs. including expanding the populations subject to SNAP time limits, reducing state/territory SNAP waiver f...

On Monday, June 22nd, the National Governors Association (NGA) hosted its monthly briefing for the Criminal Justice Policy Advisors (CJPA) network. The briefing highlighted the best practices and approaches to reentry planning, including the introduction of recent or novel programs and long-term evidence-based strategies for reducing recidivism.

Reentry is a comple...