President Donald Trump granted Washington state’s request on Friday for an emergency declaration over flooding in the state. ...

NEW ORLEANS — Mayor LaToya Cantrell issued an emergency declaration Wednesday to justify handing a disputed trash collection contract in the French Quarter to her preferred vendor, Henry Consulting.

MADISON – Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald called on the Trump administration to make an emergency declaration as southeast Wisconsin continues to recover from flash flooding and storms from over ...

In his seven months back in office, President Trump has declared nine national emergencies, plus a “crime emergency” in Washington. Those emergency declarations have been used to justify hundreds of ...

When a hurricane floods the Gulf Coast, wildfires rage in the West, or tornadoes rip through Midwest towns, truck drivers are among the first to roll into affected areas with water, food, fuel, and ...

Boston City Councilor Sharon Durkan, an ally and former employee of the mayor, blocked a resolution offered by Wu administration critic Ed Flynn that sought to issue an emergency declaration for the ...

Salem City Council declared a state of emergency to prepare for a drinking water shortage from the planned drawdown of Detroit Reservoir. The drawdown is intended to help endangered salmon but could ...

The City Council Tuesday extended Mayor Karen Bass' declaration of a local housing and homelessness emergency, while also discussing some steps that could result in its termination in the future. In a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Washington County Board of Commissioners declared two states of emergency on Tuesday in response to suspended nutrition benefits and a federal crackdown on immigration.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency faces a backlog of unprocessed emergency aid requests as hurricane season approaches – a sign of how the White House’s insistence that states shoulder more of ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Wednesday lifted her declaration of a local emergency on homelessness, saying that while the crisis persists, the city now has the tools in place to continue urgent ...