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Washington AG asks court to enforce order preventing FEMA from cutting disaster preparedness funding
The coalition claims FEMA's termination of the BRIC grant program delayed hundreds of mitigation projects, risking lives and property, with $4.5 billion allocated nationwide since inception.
- On Tuesday, Washington Attorney General Nick Brown and a multistate coalition filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts to enforce an order blocking FEMA from terminating the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program and to compel reversal and funding access.
- Following the coalition's summer 2025 lawsuit, a December court order instructed FEMA to `promptly take all steps necessary to reverse` the termination of BRIC, according to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
- At the state level, Washington reports about two dozen BRIC projects totaling more than $150 million are in limbo due to federal actions.
- Local officials say the Towns of Chelsea and Everett, Massachusetts, face a $50 million loss and stalled flood projects as they await BRIC funds.
- Tuesday marks 69 days since Judge Stearns' order, and FEMA regional offices have shown no compliance indication, with some taking a `wait and see` stance, a FEMA spokesperson said.
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Attorney General Raoul Asks Court To Enforce Order Preventing Trump Administration From Unlawfully Cutting Billions In Disaster Preparedness Funding
CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 23 states, filed a motion asking the District Court of Massachusetts to enforce its December order that prohibited the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from terminating the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Program (BRIC) and directed the agency to promptly take all steps necessary to reverse the termination. For the past 30 years, the BRIC program has pr…
A federal judge ordered FEMA to restore BRIC funding in December. States say they’re still waiting.
Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia filed a motion Tuesday contending the agency has failed to comply with the ruling, leaving mitigation grants in limbo. “It is a direct attack on the rule of law itself,” Arizona’s AG said.
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union-bulletin.comNC among states saying Trump administration is ignoring judge’s FEMA order
North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson and a coalition of fellow Democratic attorneys general on Tuesday accused the Trump administration of ignoring a court order requiring it to restore a federal disaster preparedness program. They called on the court to…
Despite court order, a critical FEMA program remains frozen
When it comes to adapting to the consequences of climate change, the federal government has relied heavily on one flagship program: Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities, or BRIC. Administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, BRIC has doled out $4.5 billion in grants to help states and cities prepare for future disasters. Wildfire retrofits in Washington State, safe rooms in Oklahoma, and sewer systems in Detroit have all …
NC still awaiting $200 million in stormwater protections from FEMA, despite court order: NCAG
Two months after the Federal Emergency Management Agency was ordered to restore a program that helps protect the infrastructure of North Carolina and other states, the states have not received the funding that they are owed, the North Carolina Attorney General's Office said Tuesday.
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