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

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

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, ...

Nearly 600 employees left the National Weather Service or were fired in recent months. Meteorologists say 125 expected new ...

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 ...

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

who introduced bipartisan legislation Friday that would classify NWS employees as critical public ... What would ideal staffing levels be? “I’ll have to refer you to public affairs ...

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 ...