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Both sides in budget battle blame other

...House as part of the annual meeting of the National Governors Association; he is expected to address the issue in...D-Md., during the annual meeting of the National Governors Association this weekend. "And it's a damn shame, because...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-02-24/both-sides-budget-battle-blame-othe
12 S.C. legislators stayed at Charleston Place during 5-day conference

...the current budget for advertising the annual Southeastern Wildlife Exposition.Another example is the 2006 National Governors Association conference in Charleston. The host committee set up by then-Gov. Mark Sanford to raise money for that...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-08-27/12-sc-legislators-stayed-char
Georgia teachers train on new curriculum standards

...topics and "absolutely no depth," Pool said. The GPS made instruction more focused, but around 2010, the National Governors Association decided the country needed a more consistent curriculum so students in Massachusetts could be compared to...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2012-07-10/georgia-teachers-train-ne
New formula lowers Richmond County graduation rate

...dealing with numerous transfers each year.The move to a uniform graduation rate formula began in 2005 when the National Governors Association recommended the standard after a proposal by the National Center for Education Statistics, according to the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2012-04-10/new-formula-lowers-richmo
States facing more budget woes

...fiscal year. "It's going to be the toughest year yet," said Raymond Scheppach, the director of the National Governors Association, who predicts funding could evaporate for higher education, the arts and economic development. "The states...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2010/01/04/met_561902.shtml
Metro
Suffering states see federal help as best solution

...health care programs. Those demands can cripple state budgets. Q: What are the states asking for? A: The National Governors Association is asking for $40 billion over two years to boost the federal government's contribution to Medicaid, which...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/12/31/bus_505944.shtml
Business
Suffering states see federal help as best solution

...health care programs. Those demands can cripple state budgets. Q: What are the states asking for? A: The National Governors Association is asking for $40 billion over two years to boost the federal government's contribution to Medicaid, which...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/12/03/bus_502487.shtml
Business
Candidate Huckabee is the real deal

...primaries during February. He was governor of Arkansas for more than 10 years. During that time, he chaired the National Governors Association, providing leadership to his fellow governors. He also passed Arkansas's first broad tax cut package and...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/01/18/let_180763.shtml
Letters
Corps will boost flow to Alabama

...than its fair share of the pain," Mr. Riley said in a statement Friday. Mr. Perdue, who is attending a National Governors Association meeting in Traverse City, Mich., was not immediately available for comment. His spokesman, Bert Brantley...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/07/21/met_136622.shtml
Metro
Graduation rate hard to compute

...for other schools often include dropouts - hiding them and inflating the graduation rate. Meanwhile, the National Governors Association is pushing for the states to come up with a relatively consistent way to calculate the graduation rate. That...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/10/01/met_98806.shtml
Metro