Are you impacted by Trump administration cuts? The News Tribune wants to hear from you
In the first month and a half of his second term, President Donald Trump and his administration have made downsizing the federal workforce a priority.
Using the newly-created Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, the administration has implemented a series of federal budget cuts that have resulted in over 101,000 layoffs, according to CNN’s federal layoff tracker. The job cuts have impacted agencies across the federal government, including tens of thousands of Veterans Affairs staffers, over 7,000 from the Social Security Administration and 6,000 from the Internal Revenue Service.
Pierce County has the third-most federal workers in Washington state, with 11,389 civilian employees, according to previous Tribune reporting.
Reporters and editors at The News Tribune want to hear from members of the community to see how the cuts have impacted Tacoma and Pierce County. Whether you’re a federal employee, or you work at an organization that relies on federal funding, we want to hear from readers about the local effects of budget cuts.
If you’ve been impacted, you can share your story through the form at the bottom of this article. Responses will be monitored and reviewed, and a reporter or editor may reach out for more details. If you have any questions, or prefer to share your story by email, you can contact The News Tribune at newstips@thenewstribune.com.
If you are concerned about retaliation, please be assured that anything you share will be kept confidential unless you give us permission to publish it. We adhere to the Society of Professional Journalists’ code of ethics.
If you’d like to read more about the impacts that federal cuts have had on Tacoma, here is some of the News Tribune’s previous reporting on the topic:
‘It violates who we are as a nation.’ Ex-federal workers from WA angered by firings
Jobless claims by federal workers on the rise in WA. Here’s where Pierce County stands
Federal funding chaos is hampering WA state planning for wildfire season, officials say
Federal government employs thousands in WA. What if they take Trump’s ‘buyout’ offer?
This story was originally published March 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM.