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Get rid of FEMA? Trump-appointed group to look at shifting disaster response to states
Trump, who proposed doing away with the Federal Emergency Management Agency altogether while on a tour of disaster scenes in ...
Shapiro's budget is expected to seek more for schools and transit, emphasize frugality
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro will deliver his third budget proposal to lawmakers next week, a plan that’s expected to seek ...
Timberton Complex reopens eight years after deadly tornado wrecked the Hattiesburg park
The Timberton Complex' restoration was years in the making. An opening ceremony also remembered the four people killed in the ...
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Franklin County Celebrates Major Technological Advancements in Emergency Services
The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) recently celebrated significant upgrades to the 911 system in Franklin ...
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Flood Study Calls for Wide-Ranging Measures to Control Bigger Storms Coming With Climate Change
In southeastern Pennsylvania, Hurricane Ida in 2021 was a preview of a flood-prone future. A report recommends construction ...
Gov. Shapiro says Trump’s federal funding freeze is creating ‘havoc,’ as Pa. and N.J. officials scramble
Pennsylvania state and local officials were sent scrambling after President Donald Trump’s administration ordered a temporary ...
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Trump wants to ‘overhaul’ FEMA. What to know about the agency’s role in the Philly region
The president issued an executive order Friday launching a year-long review of the agency’s recent disaster responses.
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Trump needs to transform FEMA, not shut it down
Rather than dismantling FEMA, we need to reimagine it as an elite federal agency capable of managing the increasingly complex and severe disasters of a polycrisis age.