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Disaster Recovery
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Turtle Talk
From Alaska Beacon: Who pays when a remote Alaska village can no longer stay?
Article by Jenni Monet, Alaska BeaconOctober 16, 2026 Damage in Kwigillingok from ex-Typhoon Halong is seen on Oct. 16, 2025. (Photo provided by the Alaska National Guard) In Kipnuk and…
Don’t Mess With Taxes
Reconstructing disaster damaged tax (and other) documents
By Kay Bell
Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya It’s been a relatively mild hurricane season. But other types of disasters occur nationwide and year-round. When tax and financial documents are damaged or destroyed…
Don’t Mess With Taxes
IRS gives taxpayers in disaster areas extended filing extension deadlines
By Kay Bell
The aftermath of an Oklahoma tornado. (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration photo via Wikipedia Commons) When major disasters strike, the IRS usually provides affected taxpayers tax relief. That generally includes…
9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Claims Blog
Twenty-Five Years On
September 11, 2026 marks twenty-five years since the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Twenty-five years is a strange measure of time.…
Connecting Justice Communities
Reflections on 9/11 and the Power of Collaboration and Common Purpose
By Liz Keith
As we mark the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001, we remember and honor those who lost their lives in the attacks and their aftermath. We also reflect on how…
9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Claims Blog
Mayor Mamdani and FDNY Release 25-Year Report on the Long-Term Health Toll of 9/11
By Pb911prod
On September 1, 2026, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore released the City’s World Trade Center 25-Year Health Impact Report, the most comprehensive look yet at how…
SALT Shaker
California Court of Appeal holds mall owner not entitled to property tax disaster relief for COVID-19 losses
In The Retail Property Trust v. Orange County Assessment Appeals Board No. 1, the California Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed the denial of property tax disaster relief to the…
Verfassungsblog
Venezuela After the Earthquakes
On June 24, 2026, two earthquakes struck Venezuela within forty seconds, with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5. As of 2 July, the official death toll has climbed past 2,295, and…
Verfassungsblog
Nach den Beben in Venezuela
Innerhalb von nur vierzig Sekunden erschütterten am 24. Juni 2026 zwei schwere Erdbeben der Stärken 7,2 und 7,5 Venezuela. Bis zum 2. Juli stieg die offizielle Zahl der Todesopfer auf…
Café con Labor
El pronóstico podrá ser ligero, pero no la preparación para el huracán
View English Version Here. El Centro de Predicción Climática de la Administración Nacional Oceánica y Atmosférica (NOAA) prevé una temporada de huracanes inferior a lo normal en el Atlántico. El…