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The judge granted a preliminary injunction sought by 20 Democrat-led states while their lawsuit over the funding moves ahead.
In May, members of Congress wrote a bipartisan letter to FEMA asking the agency to reinstate the Building Resilient ...
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which disperses federal funds to local NPR and PBS stations, announced it’s shutting ...
Emergency management experts warned that suddenly shutting off the funding and resources FEMA provides to local and state ...
Benjamin Rance will begin his new role as Grand Rapids’ emergency manager on Aug. 4, the city announced last week. He takes ...
Hurricane season begins in earnest in August. The devastating floods in Texas earlier this summer underscored the importance of state and local readiness as the federal government rethinks its role in ...
One of the most experienced emergency response experts in the country, who lives in Maine, says the nation is becoming less prepared to respond to disasters.
With record-breaking wildfires, floods and storms battering communities nationwide — and President Donald Trump pushing to slash federal disaster aid — state lawmakers are being urged to build their ...
President Trump has imposed severe cuts on the Federal Emergency Management Agency and denied some states' requests for disaster recovery funds.
President Donald Trump has imposed severe cuts on the Federal Emergency Management Agency and denied some states’ requests for disaster recovery funds.
Local and state governments are gearing up for the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season amid uncertainty about the future of federal disaster aid, but emergency management officials in Glynn ...