A federal judge in Boston on Dec. 11, 2025, sided with Jeff Jackson and 19 other state attorneys general in their case against the Federal Emergency Management Agency, informed the caller. Stearns issued an immediate, permanent injunction restoring the Building Resilient Infrastructures and Communities, or BRIC, program. The agency announced without any forewarning last April it was canceling the BRIC program, one created under President Donald Trump’s first term in office. “The BRIC program is designed to protect against natural disasters and save lives,” Stearns wrote. “Keeping water systems working and keeping homes out of floodwater isn’t politics – it’s basic safety.”Pollocksville and Leland were selected to each receive about $1.1 million through the BRIC program.