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Sergio Marxuach and other officials of the nonpartisan, San Juan-based Center for a New Economy said federal spending on disaster recovery has been slower than in other areas also struck by hurricanes in 2017.
October 24 -
Hurricane czar Alan Rubin of Blank Rome discusses the financing of resilience and recovery from extreme weather. Paul Burton hosts.
October 23 -
Included in the FAA reauthorization package is $1.68 billion in supplemental disaster funding that would help cover the cost of recovery and rebuilding from Hurricane Florence last month.
October 3 -
Congress could pass legislation authorizing advance refundings and liberalizing private activity bond restrictions to aid in disaster recovery, NABL said.
September 5 -
Most of the damage caused by the region's many summer blazes has been contained to wildlands.
August 30 -
S&P Global Ratings looked to 2017's California wildfires to understand the credit implications of this year's blazes.
August 23 -
An estimated $69.1 billion of the $139 billion is already committed through a combination of insurance claims and federal disaster aid.
August 17 -
Federal disaster relief mitigates the credit impact of fires and other catastrophes, rating agencies say.
August 9 -
Though fires wreak havoc causing property damage and loss of life, the hit to local economies — and their bonds — tends to be ameliorated by state and federal funding.
July 31 -
Moody's Investors Service deemed the state's strong May tourism numbers a credit positive.
July 6