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Proposed federal FEMA staffing cuts would slow response and delay aid delivery. North Carolina faces recurring floods that will overwhelm local resources. Dismantling FEMA reverses post-Katrina ...

Last March, Gov. Jeff Landry's homeland security agency told Louisiana taxpayers they likely wouldn't be on the hook for $52 million the state spent to beef up security in New Orleans and temporarily ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Federal Emergency Management Agency and U.S. Department of Homeland Security must restore millions in funding to North ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and U.S. Department of Homeland Security must restore millions in funding to North Carolina and other states after a federal judge ruled the agencies placed ...

Jewett City Savings Bank Foundation awarded $54,930 in grants to local emergency services providers, according to a community announcement. The foundation awarded $19,680 to nine emergency services ...

This ruling restores FEMA funding to *** dozen states, especially those along the West Coast that are currently getting slammed by severe weather. Heavy rain and flooding are hammering parts of ...

A federal magistrate judge in Oregon ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration could not withhold emergency preparation money from states that failed to provide updated population counts that ...

WELL, ALL NEW AT NOON AND MAJOR NEWS FOR ALL THE ROAD PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING ACROSS NEW ORLEANS. THE LOUISIANA STATE AUDITOR SAYS THAT FEMA COULD GRANT AN EXTENSION FOR CRUCIAL CONSTRUCTION, ...

The DuPage Foundation has awarded $100,000 in emergency food response grants to five agencies to help fight food insecurity. The grants are intended to “strengthen the safety net for the county’s most ...

More than $900 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants and loans are awaiting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s approval under her controversial policy of personally ...