New group will recommend strategies for wildfire federal policy. The Interior, Agriculture, and Homeland Security Departments announced that the new Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission is now…
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President’s Administration to Deliver Free Omicron Tests
Other steps being taken to help states combat virus. President Biden announced Tuesday that the administration will open federal COVID-19 testing sites in New York City this week and buy 500…
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Hundreds of Thousands Still Without Power in Louisiana
It has been 9 days since Hurricane Ida devastated the region. A tremendous number of homes and businesses in Louisiana, mostly outside of New Orleans, still do not…
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President Announces Hurricane Ida Response
Points to climate change as the cause of increasing disasters. As several states dealt with massive floods and major property damage across the Gulf states and Northeastern seaboard…
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COVID-19 Vaccination Site Opened for Afghanistan Arrivals
Located near the airport receiving Afghan evacuees. According to the World Health Organization, less than 5 percent of the Afghan population have been vaccinated against COVID-19. To prevent…
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FEMA Administrator to Visit Western Wildfire States
Eighty large wildfires currently burning across the West. FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell will make her first trip to wildfire-affected states amid another dangerous week of extreme heat and…
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FEMA Unveils Changes to National Flood Insurance
“We are putting equity at the forefront,” Secretary Mayorkas said. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) set out changes to the National Flood Insurance Program that it says…
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FEMA to Reimburse COVID Funeral Costs
Families will be reimbursed up to $7,000. Buried deep within the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act is a financial reimbursement for funeral and burial expenses for…
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President Assesses Texas Storm Damage
“You’re saving peoples’ lives,” he told emergency personnel. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden flew to Houston Friday as part of the president’s assessment of the…
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EPA Sends Resources to Restore Texas’ Drinking Water
Assistance comes as the state works to recover from severe winter storm. The Environmental Protection Agency has sent personnel and resources to Texas to assess and assist in…
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