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The intense November storm damaged hundreds of homes and businesses, caused widespread power outages, and killed two people.
Many states rely on the federal government for the vast majority of their emergency management funding. Now, local leaders ...
Using truncated procedures, the six-justice conservative majority gave a green light to many of the president’s most ...
FEMA provides aid after natural disasters, but it’s not meant to replace your home insurance plan, especially as the agency ...
As disasters loom, emergency managers say they aren’t counting on FEMA. President Donald Trump has said he wants state and local officials to shoulder more of the burden of disaster response ...
Despite passing the largest tax increase in state history amid record revenue levels, Washington state’s wallet may be empty ...
And yet if FEMA isn’t prepared for hurricane season, doesn’t have sufficient staff, and is laboring under a president who would like to see it gone, the problem may not be that only the ...
Trump wants to end FEMA, says governors can handle disasters. In remarks to reporters, the president said the administration plans to “wean” states off FEMA assistance after hurricane season ends.
FEMA reserves, weakened by 30% attrition, must be reimagined as a rapid-response force. The goal is speed and results, not bureaucratic oversight. States must be allowed to move at warp speed, not ...
Area amateur radio operators took to the airwaves this weekend to show what they can do to keep communications going in times of emergencies during the annual American Radio Relay League Field Day.
U.S. Senator Patty Murray is sounding off as the Trump administration denied the State of Washington a Major Disaster ...
A little less than once a week, on average, since President Donald Trump began his second term, his administration’s lawyers ...