BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has ended a program Louisiana depends on to fund natural disaster mitigation projects. The federal agency announced on ...

Blue tarps cover the roof of Paula Bermudez's storm-damaged house in Galliano on Oct. 5, 2021 — six weeks after Hurricane Ida. Blue tarps cover the roof of Paula Bermudez's storm-damaged house in ...

WASHINGTON D.C. (BRPROUD) – President Joe Biden has approved Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards’ request for a federal disaster declaration in the wake of Hurricane Ida. Financial assistance will be ...

Local officials and emergency management experts say that Louisiana could face a disaster on top of a disaster in the event of a major storm this summer as the Trump administration moves to overhaul ...

HOUMA, La. (Louisiana First) — As Louisiana braces for another hurricane season, concerns are rising over the future of federal emergency assistance that many residents rely on after natural disasters ...

Editor's note: An updated version of this story clarifies that federal loans are being offered for businesses in the crawfish industry. Those in the crawfish industry in Louisiana and neighboring ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The ...

State and local officials are preparing for possible changes to federal disaster relief following President Donald Trump’s announcement last month that he wants to eliminate the Federal Emergency ...