Tag: FEMA

Curious Fiscal Sense

Eli Lehrer · February 12, 2016 6:15 am

Michigan governor disputes Clinton claim she played role in Flint

Michigan governor disputes Clinton claim she played role in Flint

Sarah Bedford · January 18, 2016 6:59 pm

10 years later, extent of Katrina fraud still unknown

10 years later, extent of Katrina fraud still unknown

Sarah Bedford · August 28, 2015 4:01 am

Slate’s Woeful Ignorance On Display in Shaming Man for Wearing a Conservative T-Shirt

Mark Hemingway · August 25, 2015 2:21 pm

President Barack Obama shakes hands with a guest before taking the stage to speak at the Port of New Orleans, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama heads to New Orleans for Katrina anniversary

Nicole Duran · August 19, 2015 9:42 pm

Before Katrina, barely more than half of New Orleans students graduated. In the 2013-14 school year, three out of four graduated -- right in line with Louisiana's statewide graduation rate. (AP photo)

Beltway Confidential

The charter solution

Jason Russell · July 27, 2015 4:01 am

A man walks past sandbags place in front of a retaining wall in a Glendora neighborhood on the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains east of Los Angeles on February 28, 2014 in California. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)

Federal officials paid twice for Los Angeles County wall they didn’t authorize

Sarah Bedford · March 21, 2015 2:53 pm

Small Business Administration officials issued nearly $18 million in hurricane disaster loans to businesses without verifying whether they actually had the ability to repay the government. (AP Photo)

Government handed out millions of ill-advised loans after Hurricane Sandy

Sarah Bedford · March 4, 2015 1:04 pm

Keith Sawyer checks the damage to his home caused by Hurricane Ivan, Sept. 16, 2004. (AP File Photo/John Bazemore)

FEMA insurance oversight may cost taxpayers $1 billion on Florida storms

Ethan Barton · January 3, 2015 10:00 am

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States make feds pick up the tab for minor snowstorms

Luke Rosiak · December 31, 2014 5:42 pm

Homeland Security may be using unauthorized digital info systems

Mark Tapscott · December 30, 2014 5:00 am

FEMA became infamous after its poor response to Hurricane Katrina's devastation of the Gulf Coast in 2005. (Getty images/Mark Wilson)

Federal disaster spending spirals, and FEMA has no plan to control it

Mark Tapscott · December 18, 2014 10:00 am