Wasteful FEMA Spending Topped $9 Billion During the Pandemic
It's been nearly five years, and the total cost of wasteful COVID-era spending is still being realized. A recent Department ...
Trump wants states to handle disasters without FEMA. They say they can't.
State and local emergency managers are facing a serious question in the wake of President Donald Trump's first few weeks in ...
Mass. House passes $425 million bill for emergency shelter system while placing new limits on families
Lawmakers passed a $425 million bill to finance the state's struggling emergency shelter system that also implemented a new ...
Nueces County requesting FEMA funds from past hurricane damages
A lack of information is how one Nueces County commissioner described a request to resubmit a claim for more than $700,000 in ...
Editorial: Finally, Beacon Hill gets the message about immigrant shelter costs
The state wasn’t living within its means as it bled money to cover migrant costs. But the thought of cutting back on aid and ...
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Two years after EF-3 tornado, Pasadena to begin testing new emergency siren system
The City of Pasadena will test 30 new emergency sirens throughout the city on Saturday, officials said. The City of Pasadena ...
Parliament Budget Session Day 5 Highlights: PM Modi Says Nation 'Breathing Sigh Of Relief' After Decades Of Congress Misrule
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked the Congress over misrule and dynastic politics during his address in the Rajya Sabha ...
Mass. Democrats beat back Republican-led attempt to reduce state-run shelter funding
Massachusetts House Democrats trampled Republican-driven efforts Thursday to expand the information covered in background checks for state-run shelter applicants and reduce the amount of funding ...
House Democrats restrict shelter eligibility, tighten security in $425M bill
The $425M bill would give the Healey administration new, but temporary, authority to restrict eligibility for state emergency shelters.
Baltimore County officials offer glimpse into ‘very uncertain’ 2026 budget situation
At a public meeting Thursday night, Baltimore County officials gave the public a first look into their budget situation for the upcoming 2026 fiscal year — which begins on July 1. The town hall ...
K-12, higher education leaders see challenges in governor’s budget proposal
The budget did not include as much for K-12 schools as educators wanted and left UConn and CSCU bracing for the loss of ...
Hospitals will get $1.7 billion more federal funding. Will this reduce waiting times?
The funding has been billed as a way to shorten waits for care in emergency departments and for elective surgery. But will it ...