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Morning 4: Bipartisan bill seeks to protect National Weather Service employees
Two Congressmen have partnered on a bipartisan bill to reclassify the National Weather Service Employees as critical to ...
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 ...
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Moran announces bill to exempt National Weather Service forecasters from federal hiring freezes
US Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas is among several lawmakers in Congress seeking to exempt certain National Weather Service ...
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 ...
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.
Bipartisan bill aiming to classify NWS meteorologists as critical public safety employees
Republican Representative Mike Flood and Democrat Eric Sorensen introduced the legislation Friday, putting forecasters in the same category as air traffic controller ...
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Five former NWS Directors call for protection of ‘national treasure’ after proposed cuts
Earlier this year, concerns were raised over a 2026 proposed budget which included cuts to the NWS and National Oceanic and ...