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FEMA funding cuts impact communities' ability to fix infrastructure before next major weather event
Chantal caused catastrophic flooding and six deaths in central North Carolina. Orange County leaders said the cost of repairs ...
Pensacola organization sees federal FEMA cuts as chance for better local disaster response
The federal governemt is looking to cut funding to fema.The trump administration is looking to divert those fema funds to the ...
Oklahoma public radio stations face funding cuts amid federal budget reductions
Oklahoma's public radio stations, including KOSU, may lose significant funding due to federal budget cuts, impacting local ...
What’s Happening to PBS and NPR’s Federal Funding?
It cuts $9 billion of previously approved federal funding for foreign aid and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. CPB, ...
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Attorney General Letitia James Leads Multistate Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over FEMA Funding Cuts
Attorney General James and officials from 19 states sue the Trump administration for allegedly unlawfully cutting FEMA’s BRIC ...
'Existential threat:' How Republican cuts to NPR, PBS would hurt Ohio public radio
Republicans in Congress are poised to slash $1.1 billion from public broadcasting, a move that would lead to cuts for Ohio's ...
PBS chief: Funding cuts will be ‘devastating’ for rural areas
PBS CEO and President Paula Kerger said funding cuts to the outlet, expected to pass the House on Thursday, will be “devastating” for rural areas. “The Senate just approved a rescissions package ...
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Cuts to public broadcasting would hurt Maine’s emergency alert system
It’s the sound of the U.S. Emergency Alert System, or EAS, a vital emergency service, especially in rural and remote communities. And it's at risk.
PEMA urges FEMA to reconsider cuts, changes that would impact communities
The director of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency sent his federal counterpart a letter this month urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reconsider proposed policy changes and ...
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New York slams Trump for FEMA cuts as state recovers from flash flooding
Waters rushed into subway stations, making for hellish commutes, and the flash floods killed two people in New Jersey and ...
Illinois public broadcasters in Chicago, and especially downstate, fear impact as Senate vote to cut funding looms
While Chicago-area public media outlets WBEZ and WTTW will get hurt if the Senate OK’s cuts, smaller stations in rural areas ...
Norman was ready to build a new flood warning system. Then FEMA axed the funding
President Donald Trump’s administration has systematically reduced states’ access to resources to safeguard their people ...