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Senator introduces bill exempting Michigan NWS employees from potential layoffs
Seven-hundred Marines in California have been ordered to assist in Los Angeles and they’re expected to arrive over the next ...
Peters bill would exempt weather forecasting offices from federal hiring freeze
After conflicting reports, the National Weather Service refused to say Monday whether its Marquette office has enough staff ...
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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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 ...