President Donald Trump appoints familiar Louisiana face to FEMA task force

Harlingen mayor calls on Trump to trigger FEMA aid

Norma Sepulveda HARLINGEN — More than a month after a historic storm rushed floodwaters into thousands of homes, officials from across the Rio Grande Valley are still waiting for help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. On April 17, Gov. Greg Abbott finally issued a disaster declaration, requesting federal aid for residents in Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy and Starr counties. But here at City Hall, Mayor Norma Sepulveda’s calling on the hi…

President Trump appoints former Governor Phil Bryant to FEMA Review Council

President Trump appoints former Governor Phil Bryant to FEMA Review Council ByCourtney Ann Jackson Published|Updated JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – The president thinks FEMA and its structure needs reviewing. And Former Governor Phil Bryant is among those charged with the task. It comes just as Mississippi is awaiting a federal disaster declaration. An executive order from January outlines the scope of what President Trump wants to see from the FEMA …

Trump Rolls Out FEMA Taskforce To Fix ‘Terribly Broken’ Emergency System

President Donald Trump announced Monday the members of his FEMA review council, which he tasked with returning power to state-level emergency managers. Trump, who has been very critical of FEMA’s handling of recent natural disasters, signed an executive order in January aimed at bringing serious reform to the agency. In previous interviews, Trump has floated ...

President Donald Trump appoints familiar Louisiana face to FEMA task force

President Trump issued an executive order to shift more responsibility for disaster response and recovery to states rather than FEMA.