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Ohio Storm Victims Could Get Interest Rate Reduction

Small business owners, farmers and other Ohioans affected by severe weather this weekend might be eligible for interest rate reductions on loans to recover or rebuild from the storm damage. Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel said he’s made $25 million available …

School Children Fundraise to Fix Vandalized Ohio Museum

Months after an Ohio State University student trashed the Orton Geological Museum, an artist, a curator and elementary schoolchildren are helping to piece history back together. About 175 second- and third-grade gifted students from Hilliard elementary schools did chores, held …

Minot, North Dakota, Still Recovering a Year after Historic Flood

For Dan and Cindy Griffith, the stress of dealing with the Souris River flood is worse now than when the raging river forced more than 11,000 people to evacuate the city last summer. Cleaning out their flooded home, trying to …

Irish ‘Yes’ Vote Assures Continued Support; Euro Zone Crisis Still Weighs

Ireland held a referendum on Thursday, May 31 – a straight yes or no vote on whether the country would write the “Stability Treaty,” the austerity measures agreed to last fall by the 17 euro zone countries, into law. It …

After Joplin Tornado, Town Looked Like a War Zone, Adjusters Say

“One of the eeriest things was … the lack of noise. There were no birds. There was no sound. There was no vegetation. There was nothing. There were no dogs. There were no cars. It was just mounds of rubble,” …

Houston to Use $151M for Ike Housing Recovery

Houston leaders have announced $151 million in federal funds will be used to fix years-old housing damage from Hurricane Ike. The September 2008 hurricane devastated Galveston and also spread storm-related damage north to the Houston area. The funding was announced …

Disaster Assistance Approved for Oklahoma Woodward County

Gov. Mary Fallin says the U.S. Small Business Administration has approved disaster assistance for Woodward County following a deadly tornado outbreak. Fallin said that the SBA will provide low-interest disaster loans for renters, homeowners, business owners and private, non-profit organizations …

Kansas Senate Panel Considers Disaster Funding

Kansas legislators have begun work on a bill that would create a special fund to cover the state’s share of disaster assistance. Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli, the Kansas adjutant general, testified before the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee about …

Hurricane Recovery Money Redirected to Superdome Upgrades

The Jindal administration has gotten permission to redirect federal hurricane recovery money from housing aid programs to Superdome upgrades. Federal approval was discussed on April 19 in the Senate Finance Committee and was confirmed by Christina Stephens, a spokeswoman for …

Solution for Disaster Recovery? House in a Box, Maybe

In one of the New Orleans neighborhoods hit hardest by flooding in Hurricane Katrina‘s aftermath, developers have built a prototype house that’s aimed at providing a quick housing solution for areas blown away by hurricanes and tornadoes or knocked down …