natural-disasters
Pa. General Assembly votes to extend Wolf’s Hurricane Ida disaster declaration
The Ida declaration was extended unanimously. It is the first extension approved by the General Assembly, which allowed Wolf’s COVID-19 and opioid disaster declarations to lapse earlier this year.
U.S. House Dems propose $28.6B in disaster aid for recovery from hurricanes, wildfires, floods
That disaster relief money is slightly more than the $24 billion that the Biden administration asked Congress to approve for extreme weather events during the last 18 months, including hurricanes, floods and wildfires.