HOUMA, La. (Louisiana First) — As Louisiana braces for another hurricane season, concerns are rising over the future of federal emergency assistance that many residents rely on after natural disasters ...

The struggle over the federal government’s role when disaster strikes is coming to a head as President Donald Trump grapples ...

Since President Donald Trump first suggested “maybe getting rid of FEMA” and letting states manage federal disaster funding, emergency preparedness experts have expressed mixed feelings about the idea ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has ended a program Louisiana depends on to fund natural disaster mitigation projects. The federal agency announced on ...

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s advisory council on FEMA’s future wants to hear from the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, said GOHSEP Director Jacques ...

President Donald Trump has suggested dissolving the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which would leave handling the aftermath of natural disasters to the states. In March, Trump signed an ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — On This Week in Louisiana Politics, Gov. Jeff Landry announces a $4 billion ammonia plant in Ascension Parish, his insurance reform plan and cuts to a FEMA ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — With hurricane season just weeks away, FEMA is facing another leadership change—and it’s raising alarms among Louisiana officials who rely on the agency when disaster strikes. In ...