Many states rely on the federal government for the vast majority of their emergency management funding. Now, local leaders ...

John Dwyer coordinates emergency management in Champaign County, Illinois. He’s seeing a lot more weather extremes, from ...

President Donald Trump has said he wants state and local officials to shoulder more of the burden of disaster response, even though what that looks like in practice is unclear.

Frustration set in as officials found dead ends in their search for information regarding an emergency-management plan.