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

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, ...

Representative Mike Flood announced a bill on Friday to make employees of the National Weather Service classified as public safety mission function workers.

Meanwhile, the benefits of DOGE cuts under the since-departed Elon Musk are difficult to quantify. The organization claims it enacted savings of $175 billion; independent analysts place the range ...

Readers question cuts to the National Weather Service, Republican action on ballot initiatives and Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" ...

Hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30. CSU predicts 2025 will be an above normal hurricane season. Three hurricanes made landfall in Florida in 2024. Hurricane season kicked off June 1 in ...

The Nebraska Supreme Court released its opinion Friday regarding the case of a 15-year-old charged with sexual assault, overruling the appeals court and sending the case back to adult court. The City ...