New Jersey Dispersed Just 25% of Sandy Aid
New Jersey officials say they dispersed just 25 percent of the state’s first large allocation of federal Superstorm Sandy aid in the first 11 months. That is a finding of a quarterly state report...
View ArticleJersey Towns Hit Hard by Sandy to Get Priority
The New Jersey program to help build affordable housing to replace homes lost to Superstorm Sandy is proposing new rules that would keep more of the money in towns hit hard by the storm. The New Jersey...
View ArticleBridgeport Getting $10M in Federal Aid for Storm Protection
Connecticut’s largest city is getting $10 million from the federal government to help protect it against another superstorm like Sandy in 2012. Bridgeport officials told the Connecticut Post that the...
View ArticleSouth Dakota Legislators Request Federal Aid for Recent Disasters
South Dakota’s three members of Congress have asked President Barack Obama to declare a major disaster for three counties hit last month by a tornado and flooding. In a letter to the president, Rep....
View ArticleFederal Aid Given to Alabama Town to Rebuild After Twister
A town near Birmingham, Ala., is getting federal money to help rebuild its fire department after a tornado. Congressman Spencer Bachus says the Kimberly Fire Department has been awarded a federal grant...
View ArticleSpending Speeds up on New Jersey Superstorm Sandy Projects
State officials say they have accelerated spending on housing programs from federal aid sent to New Jersey to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy amid improvements to a big program that got off to an...
View ArticleNew York Public Hospital Damaged by Sandy Gets $117M Aid
The city’s public hospital system will receive more than $117 million in federal aid for repairs to Bellevue Hospital Center for damage related to Superstorm Sandy, the state’s two U.S. senators said...
View ArticleFeds to Fund $3.6B for Post-Sandy Transportation Projects
Federal officials have announced $3.6 billion to make public transportation more storm resistant in New York, New Jersey and other parts of the country damaged by Superstorm Sandy. U.S. Transportation...
View ArticleWest Virginia Receives Federal Aid for 2013 Storm Cleanup
WorkForce West Virginia has received more than $203,000 in federal funding to help pay for an ongoing cleanup following severe storms and flooding in 2013. The U.S. Department of Labor says the...
View Article2 Arkansas Counties Get Disaster Declarations for Farmers
U. S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has made disaster declarations for farmers in two Arkansas counties that suffered losses and damage due to high winds and hail that occurred on Oct. 7....
View ArticleVermont Wants Federal Aid for Storm Damage Repairs
Gov. Peter Shumlin is asking the federal government for help paying for repairs to public infrastructure and the power grid that were damaged in a snowstorm last month. The request, filed Friday, seeks...
View ArticleFeds Say Most of $18M Owed for California Firefighting Has Been Repaid
The U.S. Forest Service repaid most of the $18 million that a California official said it owed the state for fighting fires last year in national forests, a spokesman said Monday. About $14 million was...
View ArticleFEMA Officials Charged With Puerto Rico Hurricane Aid Fraud
Federal Emergency Management Agency officials who oversaw the reconstruction of Puerto Rico’s electrical grid and the former president of Cobra Acquisitions were arrested on fraud and conspiracy...
View ArticleTennessee Flooding Prompts Biden Disaster Declaration
WAVERLY, Tenn. (AP) — President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration sought by Tennessee after record rainfall caused devastating floods that killed at least 22 people, according to a...
View ArticleButtigieg Sends $5B to Cities for Safety as Road Deaths Soar
WASHINGTON (AP) — With upcoming data showing traffic deaths soaring, the Biden administration is steering $5 billion in federal aid to cities and localities to address the growing crisis by slowing...
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