Layoffs, potential closures of key facilities raise worries about NOAA’s future
The Trump administration may end leases for some of NOAA’s offices while the agency terminates several advisory committees at the…
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DOGE wants to cut $1 trillion this year. But it’s not looking at big spending drivers
Even if you take DOGE’s savings claims so far at face value, its moves to cancel contracts, end leases and…
State Supreme Court races can be costly, competitive and combative. Why?
Wisconsin is on track to break spending records once again in a high court contest that’s at times turned heated….
Why is Elon Musk so obsessed with ‘ghost employees’?
When Musk took over Twitter, he launched a payroll audit to root out dead workers getting paid. Now, Musk is…
How does the U.S. federal workforce compare with those in other countries?
President Trump’s administration has fired more than 20,000 federal workers. How does the federal workforce compare with those of other…