An emerging reality of President Donald Trump’s second term is that the federal government will be doing less and states will need to do a lot more on everything from disaster relief to health ...

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies before a House Homeland Security hearing on the Department ...

A coalition of state attorneys general filed two new federal lawsuits, this time in the fight to preserve access to funding, ...

The loss of staffing and programs is one more blow to the US’s ability to respond to and recover from disasters.

Rep. Kevin Kiley's bill would target the California Coastal Commission, which bipartisan critics call a rogue state ...

But at the state level, Assembly Bill 986 could offer some relief. AB 986 would “make it explicit in the law that landslides, ...

However, few protections are available to most farm workers, including through existing federal disaster relief programs that help workers. The bill is co-sponsored by Padilla and Sen. Michael Bennet, ...

A coalition of 20 state Democratic attorneys general filed two federal lawsuits on Tuesday, claiming that the Trump administration is threatening to withhold billions of dollars in transportation and ...

In response, the San Joaquin County Agriculture Commissioner has submitted a disaster declaration to the California Office of Emergency Services. The state agency will review whether this season’s ...

At the same time, their moderate counterparts desire greater tax relief for those states with higher state and local tax ...