Beth Willwerth News Today

The IRS has long faced staffing shortages — and shortages of pretty much everything else — after more than a decade of budget cuts. Now flush with an infusion of new cash, the agency is making up for lost time.

Lorie McCann, an IRS program analyst and Chicago union leader, begins orientation classes for new tax agency employees with an observation about their co-workers. "Everybody is going to be so excited...