Seven Manville homeowners have been told their homes will not receive planned elevation assistance because construction costs exceed federal eligibility rules. Blue Acres buyouts are the state’s alternative.
The federal government issued a disaster declaration for Washington’s Kaiser Canyon Fire on July 23, creating eligibility for federal response and recovery support.
A multistate coalition is challenging FEMA and DHS conditions tied to billions of dollars in emergency and disaster funding, including requirements involving immigration enforcement and election administration.
A new Government Accountability Office review finds continuing weaknesses in fraud-risk controls across 20 federally funded programs administered by states and local governments.
A Senate cloture motion has moved Cameron Hamilton’s FEMA nomination closer to a confirmation vote, but he remains unconfirmed and FEMA rules have not changed.
The City of Salem filed a lawsuit challenging conditions attached to federal disaster-relief grants for repairs from the city’s 2025 winter flood, alleging unlawful federal overreach.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser joined a 26-state coalition challenging the Trump administration’s use of billions of dollars in emergency-management and homeland-security funding as leverage over state policy compliance.
Pennsylvania joined a multistate lawsuit challenging federal conditions attached to 2026 Homeland Security Grant Program funding, including election-related and immigration-enforcement requirements.
Gov. Larry Rhoden requested a presidential major-disaster declaration covering eight South Dakota counties and two reservations after storms that included a mini-derecho, tornado and historic windstorm.
