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As natural disaster costs rise, Midwest may need to emulate Florida
When the Federal Emergency Management Agency rejected Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's disaster declaration request July 23, it upset the four counties Whitmer had sought assistance for: Branch, Cass, Kalamazoo and St. Joseph. "The damage from this event …