The cost of failure is not just educational — it’s economic, social, and existential. Will this administration be the one to ...

President Donald Trump has initiated disaster relief for eight states hit by massive storms in March. Despite this, ...

Lafayette Consolidated Goverbnebt and other government agencies may be paying for more of the cost to recovery from disasters ...

The agency’s policy shift is poised to drastically reduce the federal aid states receive for natural disaster recovery.

“The President of the United States has the authority to determine what is a national emergency, not state attorneys or the courts,” White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers wrote in an email.

The Stafford Act states that FEMA typically covers a minimum of 75 percent of the cost for most projects, such as repairing ...

In comments that cemented the Trump administration's intent to bring about a major shift in the agency's mission, David ...