FEMA makes $1B available for hurricane protection fund Louisiana relies on

FEMA has made 1 billion available nationwide through a revived disaster-mitigation grant program that Louisiana has relied on for flood control, electrical hardening and evacuation infrastructure, says U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy. The funding is available through FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, known as BRIC, which reopened after Cassidy and other officials pushed back []...Click to read more