Mayor Karen Bass taps Illinois consulting firm to support Palisades fire recovery
Evanston, Ill.-based Hagerty Consulting will do 'full project management, coordinating all of the different private and ...
University of Illinois Extension, Franklin Co. EMA to host food drive to support community
The Franklin County Emergency Management Agency and University of Illinois Extension are partnering with local grocery stores ...
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Practice 'Drop, Cover, and Hold On!' During Earthquake Awareness Month
SPRINGFIELD The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security (IEMA-OHS) is encouraging everyone in ...
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Who gets more disaster aid? Republican states. Here’s the breakdown
Experts say every state gets millions in federal help — and a little more goes to Republican states and congressional districts.
President Trump sounds the same. His White House — so far — couldn’t be more different
Donald Trump 2.0 is, so far, very much the same as his first go around. But eight years after he was last sworn into office, ...
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Too little, too late: Residents say they were in the dark as fire spread with no evacuation order
When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby dangers and instructions to help them stay safe.
‘We have to figure this out’: Rising flood risks delivers double blow to communities with housing shortages
A POLITICO analysis found roughly a quarter of all large metro areas face both housing shortages and high flood risk.
Freeport holds public meeting to discuss FEMA grants for 2019 flooding
Residents met with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency to discuss the acquisition of 88 flood-prone structures and 39 ...
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Freeport homeowners in flood zone could get paid to have homes demolished
Freeport residents living in the Pecatonica River Floodway could be paid to have their homes demolished. The Illinois ...
Explainer-What is FEMA, US emergency agency under fire from Trump?
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Sunday issued an executive order establishing a review council for the Federal ...
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Illinois senators oppose confirmations of Hegseth, Noem
Both of Illinois' Democratic senators, Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, voted against Hegseth's confirmation, calling him ...