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During the 2024 NGA Winter Meeting this week, Governor Andy Beshear and Governor Mark Gordon will lead a Economic Development and Revitalization Task Force session focused on the historic formula and competitive funding states and territories are beginning to receive through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the CHIPS and Science Act.
“How do we provide basic government services that are the essence of government, like roads, water, wastewater? These aren’t things that are controversial or nice to have, it’s the reason why governments exist.”
On behalf of the nation’s Governors, we write to express NGA’s continued support of state flexibility to administer federal programs with funding sufficient to meet program goals.
Kate Fox, the former executive director of Destination Salem, was recently named the new executive director of the Massachusetts Office on Travel and Tourism.
On behalf of the nation’s Governors, we invite Congress to engage with states now on any proposals affecting safety net programs. The entire nation benefits when Congress allows sufficient time for states to review and respond to proposed changes that may ultimately become law.