Federal Emergency Management Agency did reject a request from North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein.   Stein asked for FEMA to continue paying for 100% of certain recovery costs.   FEMA rejected that request ...

How many federal employees does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Zero. They’ll just wait for the Amish to do it for them. Amish volunteers have reportedly stepped in to rebuild the town of Chimney ...

Several local governments in Helene-battered towns in Western North Carolina are waiting on reimbursements from FEMA for much ...

Last year was a record year for disasters in the United States. A new report from the British charity International Institute ...

At a time when critical funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency has slowed to a crawl, some states — with ...

Senate Bill 1083 would enact the "Dismantle DEI Act" which prohibits state agencies, local governments and colleges from basing hiring decisions on metrics that consider an applicant's race, color, ...

Rep. Chuck Edwards released a 62-page report to the Trump administration urging action to cut bureaucratic red tape to help ...

FEMA was created in 1979 with the job of coordinating national responses to disasters, but the federal government has played ...

The federal government is supposed to help states in times of crisis. It's clear Trump would rather hurt people under the ...

Aggressive tax cuts and a 1.25% raise for most state employees are two main features of the NC Senate's 2025 budget proposal, ...

U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards unveiled an assessment of the response to Tropical Storm Helene and a set of recommendations going ...

That’s why the Trump administration’s denial to extend key federal assistance is so disappointing. It makes the president’s ...