OGDEN — First, federal officials wanted to cut IRS jobs in Weber County and the rest of the country as part of efforts of President Donald Trump’s administration to scale back the federal workforce and cut spending.

In Weber County, the leader of the union representing some of the local IRS employees, Robert Lawrence of Chapter 67 of the National Treasury Employees Union, estimated last winter that the cuts would range from 700 to 1,000. The mass layoffs were later paused, however, by a judge considering a lawsuit against the plans, though many subsequently took federal buyouts and voluntarily stepped down.

Now, in what seems to be a turnaround, the IRS wants to add 300-plus employees to the Ogden-area workforce, and the agency will hold a hiring event on Tuesday and Wednesday to seek re

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