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Both parties agree the state should take immediate steps to address shortages in health care and law enforcement
An RN instructor worked with students in Anoka-Ramsey Community College's certified nursing assistant program. Both parties want to quickly alleviate health care worker shortages this session.
Minnesota's economy is rebounding from COVID-19, but its recovery is still missing a key ingredient: workers.
The most recent data show more than 205,000 job vacancies across Minnesota, a record high over the past two decades and a problem that's touching every sector. Worker shortages are particularly acute in health care, food service and other industries hit hardest by the pandemic.
"It's really universal. There's not a business that I talk to in the state that is not facing a workforce challenge," said Department of Employment and Economic Development Commissioner Steve Grove. "COVID was a big accelerant of a lot of these trend lines. Now the problem we face is: How do we turn this around?"
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