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President Donald Trump approved Governor Andy Beshear's request for a Major Emergency Disaster Declaration for the Commonwealth of Kentucky stemming from severe storms in February. I applaud President Trump for his swift action to ensure federal funds are released to help our communities recover from the damage left behind by the February storms, “said…

Apr. 25– SHENANDOAH– Real estate taxes are expected to remain the same for the 2020-21 school year with the Shenandoah Valley school board tentatively adopting the general operating budget Wednesday. The proposed budget, which must be formally adopted before June 30, totals $19,003,893 in expenditures, which is an increase of $74,419 from the $18,929,474 in…

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet sent two letters to the Trump Administration about the administration's harmful immigration policies. In the first letter, Bennet urged Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf to fast-track visas to meet the surging demand for health care professionals due to the…

Brian Fitzpatrick, R- Pennsylvania, issued the following news release:. Congressmen Brian Fitzpatrick, Gil Cisneros, Will Hurd, and Tom Suozzi introduced the Bipartisan H.R. 6497, the Never Again Small Business Protection Act, to provide small businesses access to business interruption insurance that will help keep them afloat during national emergencies.

Andy Beshear, D- Kentucky, issued the following news:. Andy Beshear received notification that President Donald Trump has authorized assistance for certain Kentucky counties that suffered significant damage as a result of severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides beginning Feb. 3, and continuing through Feb. 29, 2020. The counties of Bell, Boyd, Butler,…

Gilbert Cisneros, D- California, issued the following news release:. Representatives Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr., Brian Fitzpatrick, Will Hurd, and Tom Suozzi introduced H.R. 6497, the Never Again Small Business Protection Act, to provide small businesses access to business interruption insurance that will help keep them afloat during the next national emergency.

These extreme weather events and other climate effects have real costs for Americans: From 2017 to 2019, there were 44 unique extreme weather and climate events with damages that totaled $1 billion or more, costing the United States more than $460 billion. Today, on the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day, the Center for American Progress is launching a new…

State legislation aimed at retroactively rewriting business interruption policies nationwide would cost insurers tens of billions of dollars a month and quickly imperil the U.S. insurance industry's solvency, according to the Insurance Information Institute. “Pandemics are an extraordinary catastrophe that can impact nearly every economy in the…

The President's action makes Federal funding available to affected individuals in the counties of Bradley and Hamilton. Federal funding also is available to State and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe…

Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that a major disaster exists in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and ordered Federal assistance to supplement Commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides from February 3 to February 29, 2020. Federal funding is available to Commonwealth and…

U.S. Senator Patty Murray, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar expressing serious concern regarding reports…