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from Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC)
Published: Saturday, October 5th, 2024 @ 8:53 am
By: John Steed
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg tried to spin bipartisan criticism of his job performance Wednesday by suggesting that Congress should have played a role in preventing disasters like the still-unfolding situation in East Palestine, Ohio.
Published: Thursday, February 23rd, 2023 @ 2:14 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Republican lawmakers criticized Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for his response to the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, which marks the most recent of several high-profile infrastructure disasters during his two-year tenure.
Published: Tuesday, February 21st, 2023 @ 8:05 am
By: Daily Wire
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True to its long tradition of sending aid to countries devasted by natural disasters, Israel sent a 150-person military aid mission to Turkey on Monday in the wake of the massive 7.8 earthquake and its 7.5 aftershock that shook Turkey to its foundations and killed roughly 3,000 people.
Published: Saturday, February 18th, 2023 @ 12:57 am
By: Daily Wire
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Vice President Kamala Harris (D) was confronted over the weekend in response to controversial racial remarks that she made late last week about distributing relief aid in responses to natural disasters.
Published: Thursday, October 6th, 2022 @ 8:58 am
By: Daily Wire
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis‘ (R) campaign blasted Vice President Kamala Harris (D) Friday afternoon over remarks that she made suggesting that the administration is working to prioritize distributing relief funds for natural disasters based in part on race.
Published: Tuesday, October 4th, 2022 @ 10:54 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The 100 Counties Prepared Initiative was created to train elected officials on how to handle natural disasters.
Published: Saturday, September 10th, 2022 @ 11:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki faced intense questions on Tuesday over a variety of issues facing the administration as it battles low approval ratings from the American public.
Published: Tuesday, May 24th, 2022 @ 2:47 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Biden's disasters hurting America
Published: Tuesday, August 17th, 2021 @ 9:48 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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This week, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and a group of Senators introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Disaster Mitigation and Tax Parity Act, a bill that would make rebates that homeowners receive for making natural disaster mitigation improvements to their homes exempt from federal taxes.
Published: Thursday, August 12th, 2021 @ 8:47 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Recently, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced the Hazard Eligibility and Local Projects Act (HELP Act) and the Strategic Acquisition and Floodplain Efficiency Reform Act (SAFER Act), legislation to help communities recover from natural disasters.
Published: Thursday, June 17th, 2021 @ 2:51 am
By: Thom Tillis
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On Monday, August 17, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the Economic Improvement Council Inc. in Edenton, N.C. will receive $861,209 to assist the Head Start Natural Disasters Assistance program in response to damage caused by Hurricane Florence.
Published: Wednesday, August 19th, 2020 @ 12:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The government of Puerto Rico, suffering through a debt crisis and strapped for cash after enduring two major natural disasters, reportedly lost more than $2 million in an email phishing scam directed at one of its finance directors, according to the Associated Press.
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2020 @ 5:12 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Governor Roy Cooper announced today that the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Office of Rural Health (ORH) has awarded 23 grants for disaster preparedness to health care providers affected by Hurricane Florence.
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 @ 6:00 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is releasing $168 million Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds for mitigation to help North Carolina recover following years of natural disasters and flooding.
Published: Friday, August 2nd, 2019 @ 7:22 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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The House proposed budget lowers some taxes, creates others, and cuts against the grain of past Republican efforts to prioritize savings reserves as a rainy day buttress to economic downturns and natural disasters.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 9:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In the wake of devastating natural disasters across the United States, Governor Roy Cooper and bipartisan governors from nine additional states urged President Donald Trump and Congressional leaders to finalize federal disaster relief.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 @ 3:47 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Senator Tillis and his colleagues David Perdue, Doug Jones, Johnny Isakson and Rick Scott will hold a bipartisan press conference to highlight the critical need for Congress to pass disaster relief for states impacted by recent hurricanes, wildfires, floods, and other natural disasters.
Published: Monday, May 6th, 2019 @ 5:37 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Volunteers are continuing to help North Carolinians recover from Hurricane Florence, more than six months after the storm struck the state, damaging homes, schools, businesses, farms and entire communities.
Published: Tuesday, April 16th, 2019 @ 11:29 am
By: Governor's Office
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Each year, America pauses to remember its fallen astronaut heroes and the great accomplishments for which they strived.
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2019 @ 8:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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When natural disasters or other emergencies hit our state, North Carolinians respond in droves - and I'm not just referring to the crucial and praiseworthy work of our public employees who work in emergency management, public safety, and public works
Published: Monday, September 24th, 2018 @ 1:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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My loyal readers of the "rabbit patch diary" know full well my plight with baking cookies. I have had all sorts of disasters.
Published: Saturday, February 24th, 2018 @ 4:57 am
By: Michele Rhem
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What difference does it make?
Published: Monday, September 11th, 2017 @ 11:01 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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The President appreciates Congress putting aside partisan politics and acting quickly to ensure that first responders, local officials, and Federal emergency management personnel have the resources they need to respond to the natural disasters impacting our Nation.
Published: Sunday, September 10th, 2017 @ 9:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper today urged local governments affected by four 2016 natural disasters to apply for disaster relief funds immediately
Published: Tuesday, February 14th, 2017 @ 1:12 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Delmar's cynicism is earned, in my view. Let me quickly tell you of another story which had a better outcome.
Published: Sunday, May 11th, 2014 @ 11:05 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Editor's note: In the interest of full disclosure we would offer the following introductory comment. In September, 1999 when Hurricane Floyd hit Beaufort County, we, like thousands of people DownEast, lost our home and much of what was in it.
Published: Monday, May 5th, 2014 @ 5:25 am
By: Hood Richardson
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The disasters of the Economic Development Council spending spree, the loss of the hospital, the millions lost in the school bond over run, the over building of the school system, and the building of the US 17 bypass also known are serious events in the history of Beaufort C
Published: Wednesday, July 25th, 2012 @ 6:58 am
By: Hood Richardson
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