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20 states sue FEMA for canceling grant program that guards against natural disasters

The program, established by a 2000 law, provides grants for a variety of disaster mitigation efforts, including levees to protect against floods, safe rooms to provide shelter from tornadoes, vegetation management to reduce damage from fires and seismic retrofitting to fortify buildings for earthquakes.

Honolulu Star-Advertiser · 16h

States sue Trump administration over FEMA disaster grant cuts

A group of 20 mostly Democrat-led U.S. states filed a lawsuit today seeking to block the Trump administration from terminating a multibillion-dollar grant program that funds infrastructure upgrades to protect against natural disasters.

Scripps News on MSN · 16h

Democratic states sue Trump administration over FEMA funding cuts

A coalition of 20 state attorneys general claims President Trump illegally terminated FEMA's pre-disaster mitigation program. (Scripps News)

FEMA, Texas and Abbott

The Washington Post on MSN · 2d

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 council to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He criticized FEMA as “slow and clunky,” arguing that states are able to respond “more nimbly, more swiftly, more effectively” to disasters.

CBS News · 1d

Abbott says FEMA needs improvements after deadly Texas floods

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) needs improvements while updating reporters on flood recovery. CBS News' Jason Allen has more details.

Yahoo · 8h

FEMA expands disaster aid to more Texas counties

Governor Greg Abbott has updated his disaster declaration to include 26 counties in Texas, added FEMA to the Public Assistance program for three additional counties, and directed the state's ongoing flood response and recovery efforts.

Axios8h

Trump administration sued by 20 states over FEMA funding cuts

The administration acted unlawfully in "unilaterally shutting down FEMA's flagship pre-disaster mitigation program," suit ...

Arizona sues Trump administration for $9.8 million in disaster mitigation funding

FEMA canceled some projects already in the works and refused to approve new ones despite funding from Congress.

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Uncertainty of future FEMA disaster funding alarms Bay Area emergency planners

On a FEMA color-coded hazard map, Alameda, Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties are shaded dark red, indicating an area with ...

ProPublica20d

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 are looking for clues about the money — and the future of FEMA itself.

6don MSN

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.

WHTM Harrisburg on MSN6d

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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