Tens of thousands of homeowners in Southern California are being forced to buy costly flood insurance because new maps issued by a federal agency say ...
AP | BEN EVANS and BECKY BOHRER | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama pledged to right the wrongs he said bogged down efforts to rebuild the Gulf Coast after H...
AP | BEN EVANS | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed President Barack Obama's pick to head the nation's emergency management agency Tuesday after a Louisiana Repub...
AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN and BRENT KALLESTAD | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Wednesday tapped Florida emergency manager Craig Fugate to head the Federal Emergency Management Agency, ...
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 03.17.2009 | Politics
Republicans are terrified of the stimulus because if it works, then Americans will think good thoughts about government action and spending.
Chicago Public Radio | Mike Rhee | Posted 11.23.2008 | Chicago
Some residents in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood might not be taking advantage of federal flood assistance. Officials are especially concerned und...
AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has yet to shake its poor reputation, more than two years after its mishandling of Hurricane Katrina, a poll s...
New York Times | Susan Saulny | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
More than two years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is suffering from an acute shortage of housing that has nearly doubled the cost of rental uni...
latimes.com | Catherine Saillant | Posted 01.04.2010 | Los Angeles