General views of the Lahaina community memorial honoring those lost in the devastation of the 2023 Maui wildfires on July 6, 2025 in Lahaina, Hawaii. (AaronP / Bauer-Griffin / GC Images)
County leaders from 15 states are pushing for legislation that would establish a universal disaster application and create a new website to allow the public to track…
People gather at a public hillside memorial to Lahaina wildfire victims on August 7, 2024 in Lahaina, Hawaii. August 8 marks the one-year anniversary of the Maui wildfires, which killed 102 people and devastated the historic community of Lahaina in West Maui. (Mario Tama / Getty Images)
A new task force led by the National Association of Counties plans to seek reforms from several federal programs that aid with response and recovery from disasters.
"This is not a big-city or blue-state problem," the Republican mayor of Arlington, Texas, told reporters as local governments face a severe budget crunch from the pandemic.
News concerns around security, compliance, data-ownership and access are increasingly relevant as staff work remotely during the pandemic, a lawyer told the National Association of Counties' online…