The involuntary staff reductions include 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service employees, according to a notice sent to ...

The department says the cuts, part of a reorganization that will see 3,000 total personnel reductions, will slash redundancy ...

State Department to release letter to all employees Thursday evening informing them that it's officially moving to implement ...

Foreign service officers face new hiring criteria as State Department removes DEI requirements and adds "fidelity" as a core ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s plan to downsize a “bloated” department had been on hold after a court ruling.

No State Department official publicly said when the first notices for the planned layoffs would be sent, but the widespread ...

The State Department has formally advised staffers that it will be sending layoff notices to some of them soon.

A state agency fell short in implementing elements of Gov. JB Pritzker’s landmark climate bill, an Illinois auditor general’s ...

The State Department is firing more than 1,300 employees on Friday in line with a dramatic reorganization plan unveiled by ...

Instead of pursuing privatization, Copley called for the state leaders to use funds from the state’s budget reserves toward ...

The State Department will start sending notices to members of its workforce impacted by the reorganization soon, the agency's ...