Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review. Q: I know this might be difficult — or downrigh ...

Retired federal scientists warn Trump administration's proposed NOAA budget cuts could be costly and harm forecast accuracy.

Members of Congress are expressing renewed support for the nation’s weather forecasting system after deadly flooding in Texas ...

Q: Is it true that if President Donald Trump hadn’t defunded the National Weather Service, the death toll in the Texas ...

Concerns are rising over the accuracy of hurricane forecasts this year due to staffing and budget cuts at the National ...

Amid staffing shortages and public concern over natural disasters, the National Weather Service is defending its ability to ...

Why? “Because of the cuts, the gutting, the sledgehammer attack on science in general,” he says. More specifically, Morales ...

Next year's budget proposal for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, amplifies previous worries with potential cuts to several key programs and projects. WGLT talks to three ...

As Congress begins talks surrounding the upcoming federal budget, a proposed 27% cut to the NOAA budget is raising alarms ...

Brad Panovich and Tim Buckley discussed the proposed NOAA budget for 2026, including cuts to the National Weather Service weather and climate labs.

The Chicago area has felt less of an impact from the Trump administration’s National Weather Service cuts than offices in the ...

White House budget would be 40% less for NOAA. The White House proposed an estimated direct program budget of $3.5 billion for NOAA, roughly $2.3 billion lower than the current year, an almost 40% ...