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It’s appealing to say that disaster relief should be left to states and localities. The less appealing reality is that they aren’t up to the job.
After struggling to find a job for 14 months, freelance writer Michael Stahl got an federal job offer in February — then it ...
FEMA told Washington that disaster relief funding is "not warranted" as the state continues recovery efforts in the wake of a bomb cyclone.
A nomination hearing for Trump’s OPM and OMB picks spanned probationary firings and collective bargaining cuts, among other ...
A federal judge in RI has ordered FEMA to release federal funds frozen by executive orders signed by President Donald Trump.
Governor Sarah Sanders has 30 days to appeal the federal decision to deny relief funds for the March 14 storm.
FEMA and NOAA officials are being forced to skip major hurricane and flood conferences ahead of disaster season because of Trump administration restrictions on travel for federal employees ...
FEMA said in a press release the BRIC Grant program was cut to remove "wasteful" and "politicized" initiative.
An additional 3 to 4 inches of rain could fall in Lexington by Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied Washington’s application for federal disaster relief to assist with the estimated $34 million in damage from November’s storms, including costs ...
Three-dozen communities and counting — from Westmore, population 357, to Burlington, population 44,743 — are reaping a collective $50 million-plus annually through a 1% charge on some combination of ...
As agencies move forward without FEBs, some are concerned that agencies could revert to a more siloed approach to emergency preparedness and employee training.