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In Flooded Texas, Questions About FEMA’s Role and Fate
President Trump wants to shutter the agency and shift responsibility and costs of emergency management to the states. In ...
States Fear Critical Funding From FEMA May Be Drying Up
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at ProPublica, a ...
‘We’ve been ghosted by FEMA’: Officials across country say they can’t get answers on critical funding
As hurricane season bears down, a new layer of uncertainty is spreading through the disaster response system: a wall of silence from the Federal Emergency Management Agency that’s leaving officials ...
Texas Hill Country Is Underwater, and America’s Emergency Lifeline Is Fraying
Ms. Tierney has worked in emergency management for over 25 years, and was acting deputy secretary of the Department of ...
The Stranger5d
Slog AM: House GOP Pulls an All-Nighter, FEMA's Leaving States on Read, King County Assessor Gets Arrested
While you were sleeping, House Republicans were busy trying to pass a spending bill packed with tax breaks for the rich and ...
IIHS President to Congress: 'The United States Is in the Middle of a Road Safety Emergency'
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is getting criticism from automakers and independent safety watchdogs like ...
Vermont Business Magazine5d
Welch unveils bill to reform FEMA
Vermont Business Magazine U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont) on Wednesday unveiled the Disaster Assistance Improvement and ...
Texas Flood Kills 82+, Including 28 Kids, Amid Drought, Trump Cuts to Weather Service, NOAA & FEMA
At least 82 people have died and dozens are still unaccounted for after flash flooding in central Texas over the weekend, ...
The Silent Emergency: How Gaps in Healthcare System are Making Indians Poorer
India’s public health crisis is no longer a matter of benign neglect or bureaucratic sluggishness. It suffers from state and ...