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FEMA funding cuts impact communities' ability to fix infrastructure before next major weather event
Chantal caused catastrophic flooding and six deaths in central North Carolina. Orange County leaders said the cost of repairs ...
States Fear Critical Funding From FEMA May Be Drying Up
Many states rely on the federal government for the vast majority of their emergency management funding. Now, local leaders ...
Floods put Abbott, a disaster veteran, at crossroads of Trump’s FEMA rebrand
Weeks before flash floods devastated the Texas Hill Country, Gov. Greg Abbott participated in the first meeting of a new ...
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Petersburg leaders to address flooding emergency, decades-old river issues
Petersburg officials will address the city's flooding emergency and decades-old Appomattox River issues at a Thursday press ...
Trump’s FEMA proposals, feud with Newsom could devastate California’s disaster response
California has increased its discretionary reserves as a direct consequence of Trump’s ongoing threats to FEMA.
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Florida Democrats: Cut DHS funding for 'Alligator Alcatraz' and close the immigrant center down
The eight Democrats said they introduced the "No Cages in the Everglades Act." The bill faces long odds of passage in the ...
Kerr County was aware of flooding issues in 2016. A former commissioner explains why sirens weren't installed.
Former Kerr County Commissioner Tom Moser said in 2016 their flood warning system was "marginal at best." Still, the county ...
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Frozen federal funding shutters Friendship House food pantry
Friendship House food pantry in Peoria, Illinois has been forced to close due to federal funding delays, leaving hundreds of ...
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KUNC and The Colorado Sound: Congress cut public media funding — but our community holds the future
KUNC and The Colorado Sound are launching an emergency fundraising campaign to secure these essential services. Across the ...
CT kids’ crisis care centers face funding problems
CT's urgent and mobile crisis centers, which help children in mental health crises, are running low on funds, service ...