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Thanks for your help.

Below is the final markup, if you or anyone else is curious. Seems to work perfectly:

<?php
$args=array(
'category_name'=>'news',
'tag'=>$pagename,
'showposts'=>3,
'caller_get_posts'=>1
);

$my_query = new WP_Query($args);
if( $my_query->have_posts() )
{
while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
?>

<li><a>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
<p><?php the_excerpt($length, $more); ?></p>
</li>
<?php
endwhile;
}
//if ($my_query)
wp_reset_query();  // Restore global post data stomped by the_post().
?>

I just had a breakthrough.
if ($tag-slug == $pagename) {do some stuff;} works. Now I am just working through displaying the posts with $args=array() and WP_Query.
Almost there!

Thanks for taking the time to try to help me. I really appreciate it.

Thanks. I’m not sure I understand what you are proposing.
I have created a page template for employee profiles called profile.php. Each employee will have a profile page utilizing the profile.php template.
I would like to display on each employee’s profile all news posts that are tagged with their name. The tag slugs/id and the pagenames are identical. For example, the tag slug for John Smith is john-smith. The pagename for John Smith is also john-smith. Presumably, I could create an if statement that is something like: if (tag == pagename){display the news;}. I know how to make the news display, I just don’t know how to express tag == pagename in my if statement.

Should I be changing the permalinks for each employee’s profile to /employees/tag-firstname-lastname?

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