More than a third of the $3 billion in federal disaster recovery funds available for Texas after 2008 hurricanes Ike and Dolly remains unspent, as legislators prepare for hearings on how to speed up the process. Several state reports and …
West Virginia has received approval for federal disaster assistance in 12 counties to help recovery efforts from severe storms in early April. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced Monday the available assistance for state and local governments in Braxton, Brooke, Doddridge, …
Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration plans to ask for federal disaster assistance for the record-setting snowstorms that wreaked havoc on Massachusetts and piled up about $400 million in snow removal costs. An administration official tells The Associated Press the governor will …
Vermont is getting federal disaster aid for flooding in April that closed roads and bridges. The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced late Wednesday that President Barack Obama approved the disaster aid declaration covering flood damage from April 15 through April …
All New Jersey homeowners who were put on a waiting list for the state’s signature post-Superstorm Sandy housing program will receive funding to rebuild, Gov. Chris Christie said Wednesday. Christie said at a town hall-style meeting in Stafford Township, just …
Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe is making $500,000 available to pay for removal of debris removal in Pulaski County. The governor’s office said Friday that state funds are necessary because the damaged areas in western Pulaski County won’t receive federal disaster …
Colorado is getting an additional $199 million from the federal government to help communities devastated by September’s historic floods, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced Friday. The funds from HUD will help with housing and infrastructure repairs …
Restoring housing and shoring up critical infrastructure will be the focus of how New Jersey spends its next round of Superstorm Sandy relief money. Gov. Chris Christie’s administration said Monday that its plans to spend $1.46 billion in federal storm …
Springfield, Mass., has received a settlement of $25 million in federal disaster aid for damages caused by a tornado that struck the city in 2011. Mayor Domenic Sarno and U.S. Rep. Richard Neal announced Monday the money would help pay …
Louisiana has yet to spend $1.5 billion of federal disaster recovery aid provided by Congress after hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav and Ike ravaged the state in 2005 and 2008. The flexible block grant rebuilding and strengthening money remains set aside …