Texas House Members Discuss Flood-Related Bills Despite Standstill August 6, 2025 By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune Texas House members on a special committee for disaster preparedness met Tuesday to discuss for the first time specific bills...
Federal Judge Stops FEMA From Diverting Infrastructure, Disaster Mitigation Grants August 6, 2025 By Chad Hemenway A federal judge has granted the request of 20 states to block the Trump administration’s attempt to terminate a multibillion-dollar...
Camp Mystic Deaths After Floods Darken a Cherished Texas Tradition July 22, 2025 Camp Mystic was the totemic rite of passage for girls from establishment families in the American South: Lyndon Johnson sent...
Trump Administration Sued by States for Cutting Disaster Prevention Grants July 17, 2025 By Daniel Wiessner A group of 20 mostly Democrat-led U.S. states filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to block the Trump administration from...
HUD Quietly Drops Civil Rights Cases Involving Housing Discrimination in Texas March 25, 2025 By Jesse Coburn, ProPublica The findings were stark. In one investigation, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development concluded that a Texas state...
Vermont Lags in Risk Management for Natural Disasters Including Flooding September 12, 2024 By Lisa Rathke Vermont has failed to complete many actions in its five-year hazard mitigation plan aimed at reducing the risk from natural...
Massachusetts Climate Strategy Brings Together Its 78 Coastal Communities November 30, 2023 Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has announced a plan to assist the state’s 78 coastal communities from Cape Cod to the...
FEMA Pushing for Stronger Building Codes Nationwide June 2, 2022 On the first day of the Atlantic hurricane season, federal officials announced a new initiative to modernize building codes across...
FEMA Knows About Trying to Build Back Better Infrastructure March 29, 2021 By Leslie Kaufman Lawmakers in Washington are gearing up for the Biden administration’s first major legislative challenge: a set of measures on long-term...
Nearly Two-Thirds of Global Catastrophe Economic Losses Unaddressed by Insurance January 25, 2021 There were 416 natural catastrophe events globally in 2020 that resulted in economic losses of $268 billion – 8% above...