Current Initiatives

The region's governors offer practical approaches to issues that often serve as catalysts for national strategies and solutions. With regional concerns and objectives in mind, the MGA examines federal programs and policies that impact the Midwest. The MGA focuses its efforts within three main policy areas of agriculture, energy and economic development. In addition to these three focus areas, the chair of the MGA selects an issue to focus on during his or her term in office. Whether the agenda focuses on federal or state issues, the MGA works with the chair to seek solutions that benefit the region.

Specially, the MGA has designed specific policies on reauthorization of the farm bill and the transportation bill, renewable electricity, advanced coal with carbon capture and storage, biofuels, energy efficiency, methamphetamine production and use, and invasive species. More recently, the MGA has focused on policies to create Midwestern jobs and increase the flow of investment capital into the region. It has also taken steps to retool the region's workforce in order to take advantage of emerging employment opportunities in the new energy economy.

These policies and viewpoints are addressed in these initiatives pages, governors' policy resolutions and MGA publications.