Missouri’s two Democratic U.S. House members are supporting U.S. Senate Democrats as they continue to vote against reopening the federal government. Wesley Bell, who represents St. Louis and parts of St. Louis County in Congress, said healthcare subsidies need to be...
An EF-3 tornado that tore apart St. Louis on May 16 damaged roughly 5,000 homes, businesses, and other buildings. The estimated damage is more than $1 billion. St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer said about 700 households have been identified as being storm damaged and not...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency would be reorganized under legislation in the U.S. House. The “Fixing Emergency Management for Americans Act,” or FEMA, is co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo. 6th District. The bill would restore the agency to...
A recently created Missouri House caucus will examine how the state should prepare for natural disasters if the Federal Emergency Management Agency gets eliminated or drastically downsized. State Rep. Collin Wellenkamp, R-St. Charles, chairs the Future Caucus. He told...
The federal government has approved Gov. Mike Parson’s request for a major disaster declaration resulting from the multiple severe weather systems that impacted Missouri from July 29 through Aug. 14. The request is to help local governments and nonprofit agencies in...
