The funding allocated by Congress for the migrant care grant program is a fraction of the money appropriated for FEMA's disaster relief efforts. For fiscal year 2024, for example, Congress set asidemore than $40 billionfor FEMA's disaster response fund. In comparison, the agency ...
In a joint press conference held here on Friday, the governor explained that the 50 million dollars came from the 100 million dollars disaster relief fund appropriated during the last legislative session, with the biggest chunk going to debris removal and rebuilding. Meanwhile, Turner announced that...
McConaughey and his wife organized The We’re Texas Virtual Event through the just keep livin Foundation Texas Relief Fund. The just keep livin Foundation was founded by Matthew and Camila McConaughey and is "dedicated to empowering high school students by providing them with the tools to ...
Tegna’s ABC affiliate WFAA-TV Dallas raised more than $68,000 for the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund in less than three hours in a telethon held December 28. The money supports disaster relief efforts following a string of tornadoes on December 26 that killed 11 people and destroyed...
The Biden administration spent taxpayer dollars meant to fund a border wall to pay for “environmental planning,” according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). At the request of Republican Reps. Jack Bergman of Michigan and Jodey Arrington of Texas, the GAO investigate...
In the wake of several tornadoes and other natural disasters that have decimated a number of small-town libraries in recent years, the Texas Library Association has decided to establish a Library Disaster Relief Fund with $25,000 in seed money. The challenge, of course, is how to plant that...
Biden signs government funding bill, averting a shutdown The stopgap measure will fund the government and provide tens of billions in disaster relief. Dec 21, 2024 House Ethics Committee expected to release Matt Gaetz report on Monday The House Ethics Committee voted to release its report on...
The popular creator, who is known for her slime videos and the family-friendly nature of her content, has planned a pair of live events in Texas to support the Red Cross Natural Disaster Relief Fund.Garcia, who has received more than 900 million views on her YouTube videos, went on her...
The small coastaltownsoutheast of Houston took some of theworstHurricane Harvey had to offer, with almost 7,400 homes damaged — many of them beyond repair. In response, the city council decided to set up arelief fund. People can donate to the city, and then a committee distributes the ...
proper resources for their state. Likewise, victims of Superstorm Sandy had six senators and dozens of U.S. representatives in the states of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to demand extra disaster relief, including powerful lawmakers like Chuck Schumer, then the No. 3 Democrat in the ...