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With hurricane season underway, Gulf Coast worries FEMA, Weather Service aren’t ready
With hurricane season officially underway, worries are mounting around whether President Trump’s cuts to the federal government have endangered the nation’s disaster response.The concern is ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...