New bipartisan legislation is being introduced to protect 24/7 forecasting with the National Weather Service (NWS).

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

US Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas is among several lawmakers in Congress seeking to exempt certain National Weather Service ...

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

U.S. Senators Jerry Moran and Gary Peters introduced the Federal Operational Resilience in Emergency Conditions and Storm ...

House Democrats plan to introduce legislation overnight that would ... the country drew attention to staffing cuts in National Weather Service field offices. The measure, which will be offered ...

But it is moving forward with legislation that aims to improve NWS severe weather communication. S.1573, the National Weather Service Improvement Act, had proposed centralizing the forecasting ...

A scientist within NOAA who spoke with Newsweek on condition of anonymity described a tense atmosphere among colleagues awaiting word on their employment while being tasked with carrying out some ...