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FEMA faces backlog of emergency aid requests as hurricane season nears
The Federal Emergency Management Agency faces a backlog of unprocessed emergency aid requests as hurricane season approaches — a sign of how the White House’s insistence that states shoulder ...
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Missouri governor confident in disaster declaration requests even after FEMA denied other states
FEMA has recently denied Arkansas, West Virginia and Washington's requests for disaster declarations. But Missouri Gov. Mike ...
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Tornadoes Just Wrecked Multiple States. Where Are Trump and FEMA?
More than two dozen people were killed by tornadoes across Missouri, Kentucky, and Virginia over the weekend—but come Monday, ...
FEMA’s acting chief says agency will shift more disaster recovery responsibilities to the states
FEMA acting chief David Richardson has laid out the agency's intent for this upcoming hurricane season, cementing plans to ...
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Washington challenges declaration of national energy emergency
Washington has joined 14 other states in a challenge to President Donald Trump's declaration of a national energy emergency, ...
FEMA Head Admits in Internal Meetings He Doesn’t Yet Have a Plan for Hurricane Season
In video viewed by The Wall Street Journal, new chief David Richardson says “clarifying the intent of the president”— who has ...
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Washington schools to enhance safety with new emergency response law
Senate Bill 5004, known as "Alyssa’s Law," was signed into law to enhance emergency response systems in K-12 schools across ...