Showing:
Terrorism 
-
- Stateline Story
Front-Line Heroes Subject to Budget Cuts, Pay Disparity
EMTs who may save your life work under a mishmash of rules and their pay varies widely. more
-
- Stateline Story
Cigarette Smuggling Cuts States’ Per-Pack Tax Revenues
Cigarette Smuggling Hurts States' Tax Collections more
-
- Stateline Story
States Defend Anti-Terrorism Centers After Harsh Senate Report
Law enforcement agencies and state officials defended regional information-sharing offices known as “fusion centers” as a key part of the nation’s homeland security network. A Senate report questioned the value of the fusion centers, which they found had “not produced useful intelligence.” more
-
- Stateline Story
States Boost Security After bin Laden Raid
PUBLIC SAFETY BEAT: Homeland security officials warn of possible reprisals after the U.S. killing of terror leader Osama bin Laden … California Governor Jerry Brown grants parole to convicted killers … A major court overhaul moves ahead in Florida, and other public safety news. more
-
- Stateline Story
Pennsylvania Ordeal Raises New Questions About States' Info-Gathering
TODAY'S TAKE: Relatively little is known about state governments' homeland security operations, but a scandal in Pennsylvania is focusing new attention on how much information is being collected -- and about whom. more
-
- Stateline Story
Report Charts Homeland Security Failures
TODAY'S TAKE: Since Sept. 11, 2001, state and local governments have received some $30 billion in grants from the federal government to improve their homeland security capabilities. But that money hasn't necessarily bought security, according to a new report from the Center for Public Integrity and the Center for Investigative Reporting.more -
- Stateline Story
Govs may regain sole control over Guard
In a victory for the nation's governors, legislation headed to President Bush's desk would restore their exclusive power to call up National Guard troops during terrorist attacks, natural disasters and other domestic emergencies.more -
- Stateline Story
Mo. Treasurer Crusades to Deny Funds to Terrorists
Missouri State Treasurer Sarah Steelman may be far from the front lines in the war on terrorism but she's on the cutting edge of efforts to fight it with the power of the U.S. dollar.more -
- Stateline Story
Budget Would Revise Anti-Terrorism Funding
States with large amounts of critical infrastructure and dense populations could capture a larger slice of $2.6 billion in federal antiterrorism funds under President Bush's new budget proposal. If Congress goes along, Bushs plan would restructure the state and local grant program to earmark money for areas that face the greatest threats and are the most vulnerable. more
-
- Stateline Story
Per Capita, New Anti-Terror Funds Still Favor Wyoming
The federal government is targeting more homeland security funds to high-risk urban areas this year, but more anti-terrorism money still is being spent to protect each resident in the most sparsely populated states than in populous ones. New Yorkers gained funding, but residents in Wyoming once again top a list of anti-terrorism grants ranked on a per capita basis, according to a report from the Congressional Research Service. Stateline.org also has included a state-by-state ranking of 2005 per capita security funding. more
-
- Stateline Story
Cities Gain, States Lose in Bio-Terror Funding
Unless Congress acts next week, each of the 50 states will lose more than $1 million in bioterrorism funding promised to help bolster its public health infrastructure. Most of the money - $54.9 million in all - instead will fund an emergency-supply delivery program in 21 of the nations largest cities. Sparsely populated states, which receive less money to begin with, will feel the sting most acutely. more
-
- Stateline Story
Post - 9-11, How Safe Is America?
More than two years after 9/11, studies show that efforts to bolster homeland security lack vision and strategy; that billions of dollars are being spent inefficiently; and that accurate and timely intelligence is not always reaching the right agencies. more
-
- Stateline Story
Panel Urges Anti-Terrorism Spending Guidelines
Billions of dollars spent by state and local governments to guard against terrorism are likely to be wastefully spent in the absence of federal guidelines, a blue ribbon panel led by former Virginia Gov. James Gilmore maintains. more
-
- Stateline Story
States Ill-Prepared for Bio-Terror Attack, Report Says
States are not much better prepared now to deal with public health emergencies than they were before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a new report says. more
-
- Stateline Story
Law Enforcement Linking Tangled Information Webs
Sparked by the threat of terrorism, federal, state and local law enforcement agencies are quickly developing a variety of information networks to share information and fight crime. more
-
- Stateline Story
States Won't Heighten Security For 9-11 Anniversary
Following the federal governments lead, most states do not plan to take extra security precautions during the second anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. more
-
- Stateline Story
Northeastern States Seek Terrorist-Intelligence Sharing
Homeland security officials in 10 northeastern states want to establish intelligence-sharing centers that would better disseminate terrorist-related information between federal law enforcement and local police officers. Mark Cohen, who heads the New York State Office of Public Security, said the ability to share intelligence in real time is the most critical component for homeland security in the states. more
-
- Stateline Story
Budget Cuts, Anti-Terror Duties Strain Policing
State and local law enforcement agencies have been expected to do more to protect the nations critical infrastructure and major landmarks from terrorist attacks since Sept. 11, 2001. But budget cuts and increased anti-terrorism responsibilities are straining a ten-year effort by law enforcement to reduce crime rates by putting more police officers on the streets. more
-
- Stateline Story
Bio-Terror Systems Help States Contain SARS, Officials Say
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), the potentially deadly flu-like illness that originated in China, is testing more than public health officials nerves. Its also testing communications networks that states have established to exchange information in the event of a bio-terror attack. more
-
- Stateline Story
States Struggle to Expand Crisis Communications
Only 14 states have upgraded communications equipment enough to allow public safety agencies to talk to each other during a terrorist attack or other emergency situation, a federal study of state emergency communications capabilities released Wednesday (4/9) shows. The 14 states are Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota and Utah. more