US Edition20 States Sue Trump Administration over Disaster Prevention Funding
UNITED STATES, JUL 16 – 20 states challenge the Trump administration's termination of FEMA's BRIC grant program, which has funded nearly 2,000 disaster mitigation projects with $4.5 billion over four years.
- A coalition of 20 states has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to reinstate the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, which has funded nearly $4.5 billion for 2,000 projects since its establishment in 2018.
- Attorney General William Tong stated that approximately $84 million in Connecticut is at risk due to the program's potential cancellation by FEMA.
- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell claimed that shutting down the BRIC program violates core separation of powers principles and jeopardizes community safety.
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The SaratogianSchumer critiques federal grant cuts for NYS weather system
ALBANY, N.Y. — U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer slammed Trump’s abrupt cancellation of a $3 million grant project for New York State’s advanced regional weather early warning systems program in a press release. Schumer demanded the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reverse this harmful decision, which will weaken New York State’s ability to track and monitor extreme weather. As New York faces more extreme weather than ever, and in the wake of de…
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20 U.S. states sue Trump administration for pulling disaster funds
Twenty U.S. states – most of them led by Democrats – sued the administration of President Donald Trump on Wednesday for pulling funding from disaster relief.The group filed a suit that aimed to block the Trump administration from halting billions of U.S. dollars in grants, destined for paying upgrades to infrastructure projects meant to defend against natural disasters.The lawsuit was filed in the federal court in Boston. It alleges that the Fed…
Attorney General Raoul Sues Trump Administration For Unlawfully Ending Disaster Mitigation Program
CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 20 states, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its attempt to illegally shut down the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) bipartisan Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program, designed to protect communities from natural disasters before they strike. For the past 30 years, the BRIC program has provided communities across the nation…
Rhode Island joins legal fight to block Trump from dismantling disaster preparation program
Funding from FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program has helped University of Rhode Island researchers develop an interactive mapping tool and database that illustrates the extent and depth of flooding from sea level rise and coastal storms. (Via STORMTOOLS)Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha joined his second multistate lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration this week, signing on to a 20-…
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