South Dakota’s three National Weather Service (NWS) forecast offices are short of staff and sending up fewer weather balloons ...

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

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

A congressional tour of the National Weather Service Quad Cities forecasting office revealed a skeleton crew trying to keep ...

The National Weather Service's staffing shortage is affecting forecast accuracy, as balloon launch data decreases.

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

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran from Kansas has introduced legislation to exempt National Weather Service meteorologists from federal ...