Wakefield EMS has improved emergency response times in southern Lancaster County by employing full-time paramedics, enhancing ...

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Families of the young girls killed at Camp Mystic watched from the gallery as the Texas House debated and passed the package of bills related to the July 4 flooding.

SPRINGFIELD Governor JB Pritzker today issued a state disaster proclamation after severe weather and flooding caused ...

Governor Tina Kotek announced Tuesday she has declared a drought in Coos and Wheeler counties through an executive order and ...

"Reform is good as long as it's holistic, but it's also got to be time-phased in over the next three years," said Brock Long.

Gov. Tony Evers' administration is assessing if the flooding in southeast has caused enough damages to qualify for federal ...

It was intentionally designed as an independent federal administrative agency that could work across federal agencies to support state and local governments in times of crisis. FEMA wasn’t created to ...

FEMA chief rejects criticism, calls Texas floods response 'a model' for dealing with disaster BY Associated Press Texas PUBLISHED 7:00 AM CT Jul. 24, 2025 ...

The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pushing back on criticisms of the federal response to the central Texas floods that killed at least 136 people earlier this ...