Our research finds that conditions were placed on $12 million in Katrina aid, out of nearly $122 billion.

It’s the possibility of getting rid of FEMA entirely that has lawmakers worried about how states would be able to respond to disasters. Senator Bill Cassidy said an alternative could happen.

The move follows a Jan. 20 Department of Homeland Security directive to dissolve membership of all advisory committees.

President Donald Trump on Sunday issued an executive order establishing a review council for the Federal Emergency Management ...

A former administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has linked the devastating California wildfires to ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, who on Friday talked about shutting down the Federal Emergency Management Agency, on ...

Fema says it is currently supporting 108 major disasters and 10 emergency declarations. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America has reopened its New Orleans branch, reestablishing connections with local businesses and ...

When Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in late August 2005, it took Congress just a few days to approve $10.5 billion ...

On Sunday, at the Ladies and Men of Unity parade, an immense pillar of our city’s communal infrastructure collapsed, when Pableaux fell to the ground. Efforts at the scene and later at the hospital ...

FEMA was absorbed by DHS in 2003, prompting criticism that its highly bureaucratic nature rendered the agency ineffective in addressing natural disasters.

Orleans Parish Registrar of Voters Sandra Wilson retired this month after nearly two decades holding that position, and the ...