The Weather Workforce Improvement Act would reclassify NWS employees as critical public safety officials and grant the NWS ...

THE BIPARTISAN EFFORT STEMS FROM STAFFING ISSUES THAT YOU LEARNED ... CONFIDENT THIS The Weather Workforce Improvement Act would reclassify NWS employees as critical public safety officials ...

"If you think about the kind of weather we have in Nebraska, if it's not a tornado, it's a wildfire; if it's not a wildfire, ...

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran from Kansas has introduced legislation to exempt National Weather Service meteorologists from federal ...

A bill introduced Friday would classify forecasters and other staff as critical public safety roles. It comes after the ...

A congressional tour of the National Weather Service Quad Cities forecasting office revealed a skeleton crew trying to keep ...

The proposed measure also would grant the weather service temporary hiring authority for positions related to public safety.

The proposed measure also would grant the weather service temporary hiring authority for positions related to public safety.

The National Weather Service has lost 600 employees, or roughly 15 percent of its workforce in the past four months.

Faltering forecasts, fired experts and whipsawing policy changes are raising questions about how the Trump administration ...