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

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

"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, ...

This bipartisan bill, if passed would put National Weather Service Meteorologists in the same category as FBI agents and air ...

Additionally, this legislation requires the Secretary of Commerce to submit a report after one year of enactment on staffing ...

A Kansas congressman on Friday introduced legislation to exempt National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists from federal ...

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

Representative Mike Flood announced a bill on Friday to make employees of the National Weather Service classified as public safety mission function workers.