Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and 23 other state attorneys general have secured a court order requiring the federal government to restart FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and ...
"We took them to court, we won, and then they defied the court order and refused to pay. So we just took them back to court and won again," AG Jeff Jackson said.
A federal court has ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency to restore billions of dollars in disaster mitigation funding following a lawsuit brought by a coalition of ...
A federal judge says the agency needs to comply with a December court order to restart a program that helps states prepare ...
The administration last year closed a division that helped individuals get ready for emergencies.
When it comes to adapting to the consequences of climate change, the federal government has relied heavily on one flagship program: Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities. Administered by ...
BOSTON – A federal judge ruled on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration unlawfully terminated a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant program designed to protect states and ...
WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s team wanted to radically transform the Federal Emergency Management Agency by cutting its workforce in half and relocating personnel ...
A federal judge in Massachusetts on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from cutting a program meant to make communities better prepared for storms. Judge Richard Stearns, a Clinton appointee, ...
States need a major disaster declaration to access federal aid, but the wait time ranges from a few days to a few months.
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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) supervisors are warning employees to prepare for the elimination of approximately 1,000 jobs this month. The anticipated dismissals, connected to federal ...