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The National Weather Service (NWS) is experiencing critical understaffing, exacerbated by recent terminations and retirements ...
Whether its short staffing, layoffs or lack of funds for certain resources such as weather ballon launches, Dr. Ford says it all takes a toll on those in the weather industry. Dr. Ford mentions that ...
With multiple tornadoes having already devastated parts of the Sunflower State in 2025, Davids raised urgent concerns about the hiring freeze and staffing cuts, which have left NWS field offices ...
Nonprofits trimmed their daily nurse staffing hours by 0.49 hours when moving from the lowest Medicaid coverage rates (0 to 50%) to the second lowest, where 51% to 65% of stays were covered by ...
Organizers of Juneteenth celebrations across the U.S. tell NPR how they're feeling this year. And NPR presents a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Facing a severe shortage, the FAA is racing to hire thousands of air traffic controllers. But training them can take years. We visit a school in Florida that's trying to get them on the job faster.
Despite new challenges, Juneteenth event organizers are unbowed By Taylor Haney Published June 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM PDT Listen • 7:01 ...
The FAA is more than 3,000 certified controllers short of full staffing, and personnel at many facilities are working mandatory overtime and six-day weeks. The FAA does not say much about how the test ...
ROSE: The FAA needs all the air traffic controllers it can get. The U.S. is more than 3,000 certified controllers short of full staffing, and the agency's academy in Oklahoma City has limited ...
The Federal Aviation Administration's overtime costs for air traffic controllers have surged over 300% since 2013 due to staffing challenges and inefficient scheduling. Despite increasing air traffic, ...