Buttigieg Sends $5B to Cities for Safety as Road Deaths Soar May 17, 2022 By Hope Yen WASHINGTON (AP) — With upcoming data showing traffic deaths soaring, the Biden administration is steering $5 billion in federal aid...
Tennessee Flooding Prompts Biden Disaster Declaration August 25, 2021 By Travis Loller WAVERLY, Tenn. (AP) — President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration sought by Tennessee after record rainfall caused...
FEMA Officials Charged With Puerto Rico Hurricane Aid Fraud September 11, 2019 By Michael Deibert Federal Emergency Management Agency officials who oversaw the reconstruction of Puerto Rico’s electrical grid and the former president of Cobra...
Feds Say Most of $18M Owed for California Firefighting Has Been Repaid July 12, 2017 By BRIAN MELLEY The U.S. Forest Service repaid most of the $18 million that a California official said it owed the state for...
Vermont Wants Federal Aid for Storm Damage Repairs January 26, 2015 Gov. Peter Shumlin is asking the federal government for help paying for repairs to public infrastructure and the power grid...
2 Arkansas Counties Get Disaster Declarations for Farmers October 27, 2014 U. S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has made disaster declarations for farmers in two Arkansas counties that suffered losses...
West Virginia Receives Federal Aid for 2013 Storm Cleanup October 21, 2014 WorkForce West Virginia has received more than $203,000 in federal funding to help pay for an ongoing cleanup following severe...
Feds to Fund $3.6B for Post-Sandy Transportation Projects September 24, 2014 Federal officials have announced $3.6 billion to make public transportation more storm resistant in New York, New Jersey and other...
New York Public Hospital Damaged by Sandy Gets $117M Aid August 18, 2014 By RACHELLE BLIDNER The city’s public hospital system will receive more than $117 million in federal aid for repairs to Bellevue Hospital Center...
Spending Speeds up on New Jersey Superstorm Sandy Projects August 8, 2014 By GEOFF MULVIHILL State officials say they have accelerated spending on housing programs from federal aid sent to New Jersey to rebuild after...