US agency declares California wildfires a public health emergency
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Friday declared a public health emergency for California to address the health impacts of the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles County. The wildfires have devastated Los Angeles neighborhoods on the east and west sides of the sprawling metropolis and have so far killed 10 people and destroyed nearly 10,
Lawmakers pushing McKee hard for public emergency declaration over homelessness. Will he do it?
At least 46 state lawmakers signed a petition urging McKee to declare a public health emergency, which McKee said he would not do earlier this week.
McKee declines to declare homelessness an emergency in R.I.
Though the number of unhoused people has been steadily rising, the governor has pushed back against a declaration. “I would be solving one problem by creating a new one,” he said. “I am not going to do that.
Gov. McKee resists state emergency declaration amid Providence City Council pressure
Gov. Dan McKee said he is not planning to declare a state emergency for homelessness. Providence City Council urged McKee Thursday night to declare homelessness a public health emergency. More lawmakers sent a letter Friday morning,
Providence councilors urge McKee to declare homelessness a public health emergency
The City Council approved a resolution Thursday night calling on Gov. Dan McKee to declare homelessness a public health emergency.
McKee rejects calls to declare homelessness emergency
With the bitter cold looming, advocates in Rhode Island have been calling on Governor Dan McKee to declare homelessness a public health emergency.
What’s a State of Emergency? Here’s what it means when one is declared in NC
Gov. Stein has issued a State of Emergency for North Carolina. Here’s what that means and some past examples of declarations.
Gov. Stein declares state of emergency
Governor Josh Stein has declared a state of emergency for North Carolina in anticipation of severe winter weather.
Trump is considering a national economic emergency declaration to allow for new tariff program, sources say
President-elect Donald Trump is considering declaring a national economic emergency to provide legal justification for a ...
Fact Check: Human metapneumovirus in China is not ‘new,’ no state of emergency declared
A recent increase in cases of the human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in China has been misrepresented on social media as evidence ...
Gov. Kay Ivey declares state of emergency ahead of expected winter weather
Gov. Kay Ivey Thursday declared a state of emergency in 37 of the state’s 67 counties ahead of the winter weather forecast ...
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State of Emergency declared by Gov. Kemp ahead of incoming winter storm
Gov. Brian Kemp has declared a statewide State of Emergency in anticipation of a significant winter storm expected to impact ...
Kemp declares state of emergency with winter storm approaching
Winter storm expected to strike Western Georgia Friday and spread across northern and middle Georgia through the day.
State of Emergency declared for Georgia in wake of this weekend's winter storm
Gov. Brian Kemp has issued a State of Emergency for all of Georgia over the incoming winter weather. Here's what it says and ...
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South Carolina Gov. McMaster declares State of Emergency for winter weather
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster issued Executive Order 2025-02 to declare a State of Emergency in support of the state's ...
As Southern California fires rage, Gavin Newsom cancels DC trip and declares state of emergency
This is a highly dangerous windstorm that’s creating extreme fire risk — and we’re not out of the woods,” Newsom said in a ...