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Representative Mike Flood introduces bill to mark National Weather Service employees as critical
Representative Mike Flood announced a bill on Friday to make employees of the National Weather Service classified as public safety mission function workers.
Nebraska Congressman introduces bipartisan bill to increase National Weather Service staffing
The Weather Workforce Improvement Act would reclassify NWS employees as critical public safety officials and grant the NWS ...
Law Would Make Most National Weather Service Workers Hard to Fire
A bill introduced Friday would classify forecasters and other staff as critical public safety roles. It comes after the ...
Official overseeing the National Hurricane Center testified to Congress it’s fully staffed—it’s not
The National Hurricane Center is “fully staffed” and any suggestion that the Trump administration fired meteorologists at the ...
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Tom Skilling: ‘We depend on the National Weather Service’
Tom Skilling, former chief meteorologist for WGN TV, joins Lisa Dent to chat about his life in retirement, the effect of the ...
The Man Whose Weather Forecast Saved the World
The man tasked with delivering that all-important forecast was Group Captain Stagg, the chief meteorological adviser to ...
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New Hires Will Still Leave the NWS Dangerously Understaffed, Meteorologists Say
Nearly 600 employees left the National Weather Service or were fired in recent months. Meteorologists say 125 expected new ...
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National Weather Service is hiring, filling jobs after Trump cuts. What's it mean for Louisiana?
The Lake Charles office was among the hardest hit in Louisiana, and now some lost jobs may be filled again. Here's what to ...
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‘This is triage:’ Houston’s National Weather Service office has nine vacancies as nationwide hires resume
The weather service has lost 600 employees nationwide this year due to firings, early retirement offers and federal deferred ...