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SECTIONS Search E-edition Customer Service Advertise Newsletters News News Local Crime Databases Education Election Politics Nation/World Special Reports Carolina College Bound Corrections Columnists Retro Charlotte Your Schools All Blogs & Columns Sports Sports Carolina Panthers Charlotte Hornets That's Racin' High Schools College Sports Charlotte Knights/MLB Other Sports Blogs & Columnists Inside the Panthers Inside the NBA Prep Insiders Scott Fowler Tom Sorensen All Blogs & Columns Politics Politics Elections The North Carolina Influencer Series RNC 2020 Business Business Banking Stocks Center Top Workplaces National Business What's in Store Development All Blogs & Columns Living Living Religion Food & Drink Health & Family Home & Garden CLT … [Read more...] about Hurricane Florence disaster relief plan includes help for schools

Democrats are holding up a major disaster relief bill to seek revenge for GOP opposition to a $51 billion aid package for New York in 2013 after it was hit by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, The Hill reports. Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., referenced a conversation with Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., as proof. "The senator from Vermont called me last Friday and said, 'I want to show you something,' so he sent over this two-page spread on that vote. Of the 37 'no' votes, I was one of them," Isakson said when he was asked whether Democrats were stalling disaster relief to exact revenge. "We had a few words," Isakson added. Isakson voted against the 2013 measure. "It's Sandy payback," another GOP Senator told The Hill. Senate Democrats on Monday stonewalled a bill from getting to a final floor vote over what they said was a lack of funds for Puerto Rico. The proposal, which failed in a 44-49 vote, would have provided $600 million in nutrition assistance to Puerto Rico, but no additional funds to … [Read more...] about GOP Sens: Dems Stalling Disaster Relief to Exact Revenge

SECTIONS Search E-edition eEdition Customer Service Newsletters News News Local Crime Databases Education Election Politics Nation/World Special Reports Carolina College Bound Corrections Columnists Retro Charlotte Your Schools All Blogs & Columns Sports Sports Carolina Panthers Charlotte Hornets That's Racin' High Schools College Sports Charlotte Knights/MLB Other Sports Blogs & Columnists Inside the Panthers Inside the NBA Prep Insiders Scott Fowler Tom Sorensen All Blogs & Columns Politics Politics Elections The North Carolina Influencer Series RNC 2020 Business Business Banking Stocks Center Top Workplaces National Business What's in Store Development All Blogs & Columns Living Living Religion Food & Drink Health & Family Home & Garden CLT … [Read more...] about More disaster relief money for Hurricane Matthew victims is coming to North Carolina

A Democratic U.S. senator's claim the Trump administration transferred nearly $10 million from the government's disaster relief agency to immigration enforcement was debunked Wednesday by the Homeland Security Department. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said the administration was taking money from FEMA's "response and recovery" to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency at a time when Hurricane Florence is bearing down on the Southeast U.S. coast. But DHS officials said the money was transferred from the department's unspent operational accounts for training, office supplies, and headquarters costs. That funding cannot be spent on disaster response, they said. FEMA's annual budget is about $15 billion. Merkley provided no evidence for his suggestion the money came from hurricane response funds. … [Read more...] about DHS Debunks Claim ICE Funds Transfer Cuts Disaster Relief

Home Daily News ABA House condemns government shutdown, opposes… Midyear Meeting By Lorelei Laird Posted January 28, 2019, 9:43 pm CST Image from Shutterstock. In two late resolutions, the ABA House of Delegates voted overwhelmingly to condemn government shutdowns and oppose withholding or diversion of emergency relief funds. Resolution 10B, sponsored by the New York State Bar Association, was originally drafted before Friday’s legislation that reopened the government. However, President Michael Miller of the NYSBA said on the House floor that members were concerned that the situation was likely to recur. He painted a picture of federal employees lining up at food pantries and aircraft safety inspectors deemed nonessential. “The shutdown was a national embarrassment, but worse, it was a disgrace,” Miller said. “Federal courts across our great nation were forced to cut back operations severely and in some cases shut down entirely.” The bar … [Read more...] about ABA House condemns government shutdown, opposes any diversion of disaster-relief funds