updated Sat. February 3, 2024
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Dealbreaker
April 16, 2018
I know you're all worried about mortal dictators on Monday, what with the renewed international focus on Syria's Bashar al-Assad and the apparently imminent meeting between would-be autocrat Donald Trump and child despot Kim Jong-Un, but Elon Musk thinks today's iron-fisted maniacs ain't got shit on the “immortalÃâà...
West Fargo Pioneer
April 16, 2018
While Nowatzki said Burgum has “oftentimes” paid for his own travel to National Governors Association events, he flew roundtrip to Rhode Island on a DOT plane for the organization's summer meeting in July, a roughly 2,400-mile journey. Nowatzki said taking a commercial flight wouldn't have allowed himÃâà...
Norwalk Reflector
April 16, 2018
The 45 states that have sales taxes maintain that altogether they could collect an estimated $26 billion annually in sales taxes on products sold remotely — online and via mail order — according to the National Governors Association. A November 2017 estimate from the Government Accountability Office isÃâà...
Fresno Bee
April 16, 2018
... to approve $1 billion for a new treatment grant program for opioids as part of the massive government funding bill. Not to offer such treatment is like "trying to treat an infection without antibiotics," new Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told the National Governors Association earlier this year.
Bangor Daily News
April 16, 2018
WASHINGTON — Deep within President Donald Trump's plan to combat opioid abuse, overshadowed by his call for the death penalty for some drug traffickers, is a push to expand the use of medication to treat addiction. It's a rare instance in which Trump isn't trying roll back Obama administration policies,Ãâà...
Santa Fe New Mexican
April 16, 2018
The National Governors Association will hold its summer convention in Santa Fe. For four days in July, Martinez ... Press coverage of National Governors Association summer meetings typically is heavy, especially if the president of the United States arrives to make a speech. What a spectacle that would be:Ãâà...
New York Times
April 15, 2018
... endorsing an expansion of what is known as medication-assisted treatment and saying he wished to “correct a misconception that patients must achieve total abstinence.” Speaking in February at a gathering of the National Governors Association, Mr. Azar said that addicts “need medicine to regain theÃâà...
Big Island Now
March 12, 2018
The Hawai'i Department of Health announced that Hawai'i is one of just six states selected to participate in the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices' (NGA Center) Public Health Preparedness and Response Workshop for State and Territorial Gubernatorial and Legislative Leadership.
Associations Now
February 28, 2018
With a new office prioritizing international collaboration, the National Governors Association is looking to connect governors with international leaders as a way to boost foreign investment in their states. The National Governors Association is prioritizing international cooperation and partnerships with theÃâà...
KWQC-TV6
February 26, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds and Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner are in the nation's capitol for annual meetings. President Donald Trump says the deadly mass shooting at a Florida high school is the top issue he wants to discuss. Under pressure to act to stem gun violence onÃâà...
Politico
February 25, 2018
Fellow GOP leaders at the National Governors Association winter meeting this weekend didn't try to give Greitens any cover as he faces an indictment and likely investigation in his state's Republican-controlled legislature. And they shied away from saying whether the first-term GOP governor should resignÃâà...
MassLive.com
February 25, 2018
Gov. Charlie Baker and his wife Lauren Baker will attend an evening reception hosted by President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at the White House Sunday evening, as part of the National Governors Association meeting. Baker, a Republican who has at times been critical of Trump, is inÃâà...
CNN
February 25, 2018
At the National Governors Association meeting, Ducey said he's staying relentlessly focused on state-level issues like growing entrepreneurship and educational attainment -- an indication he'll try to steer his race away from national themes and the President himself. "The best thing you can do as aÃâà...
Governing
February 25, 2018
But this weekend, at their winter meeting in Washington, D.C., both gun laws and school safety were noticeably absent from the National Governors Association's agenda and when its leaders addressed their peers, suggesting that -- despite some Republicans' recent embrace of gun control -- there is still aÃâà...
Politico
February 24, 2018
Democrats and Republicans alike said they planned to force their way in front of both administration officials and legislators as they gather at the National Governors Association meeting in downtown Washington on Saturday and Sunday. Even as the predictable party-line divides over the sensitive issuesÃâà...
KTUU.com
February 24, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KTUU) - From food and agriculture to the opioid epidemic, state and global leaders continue discussing issues impacting communities across the U.S. during day 2 of the National Governors Association Winter Meeting. During an interview Saturday with Alana Austin, a KTUUÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
February 24, 2018
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull addressed the National Governors Association, telling the executives of U.S. states that his country remains an ally on terrorism, transnational crime and political interference by Russia and other adversarial nations. Turnbull also said Australia remains anÃâà...
STLtoday.com
February 23, 2018
WASHINGTON • Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, under felony indictment, has resigned his position on the executive committee of the Republican Governors Association. The announcement Friday came as Greitens told the group that he would not be attending the separate National Governors Association'sÃâà...
MassLive.com
February 23, 2018
Charlie Baker is in Washington, D.C. this weekend for the National Governors Association's winter meeting. Baker and First Lady Lauren Baker flew to Washington Thursday night and will return to Massachusetts on Monday. On Friday, Baker and his wife will attend a lunch hosted by Vice President MikeÃâà...
The Hill
February 21, 2018
When the nation's governors meet this weekend in Washington, Scott Pattison will be their gatekeeper. In his third year as head of the National Governors Association (NGA), Pattison has launched a new initiative aimed at attracting a more international audience to the annual gathering. This yearÃâà...
vtdigger.org
December 31, 1999
Editor's note: This commentary is by Scott Pattison, the CEO of the National Governors Association, who is visiting Vermont Wednesday as part of a 50-state tour meeting with businesses, organizations, and foundation leaders. Imagine you won an election and come into office facing problems likeÃâà...
NJ.com
December 31, 1999
Murphy already has taken on some of that task himself, meeting with the state's congressional delegation and attending the National Governors Association's Washington legislative conference. "Governor Murphy believes that working with our federal representatives in Washington, D.C., is a critical part ofÃâà...
