States facing doctor shortages ease licensing rules for foreign-trained physicians • Tennessee Lookout
Shift supporters say it can alleviate the shortage of rural doctors, as it has made it easier for trained doctors in other countries to obtain medical licenses. Changes include the Residence Program. This is a monitored, practical training experience that your doctor must complete after graduation. Until recently, all states required doctors who have resided […]
EXCLUSIVE: Whistleblowers Break Silence: Staffing Shortages Because Of NATO Summit, Jill Biden Event Put Trump At Risk
Milwaukee, Wisconsin – After hearing from multiple United States Secret Service (USSS) whistleblowers, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday demanding answers to several questions about the security failures that led to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. In the letter to Wray, a […]
BCBS of Alabama expands medical scholarship program to serve rural areas, address shortages
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama announced it is expanding its medical scholarship program to better address health disparities, particularly in rural Alabama. “Blue Cross is committed to improving areas where there is currently a shortage of healthcare workers,” said Dr. Darrell Weaver, vice president of healthcare worker engagement for Blue Cross & Blue Shield […]
Arizona Limited Development Because of Water Shortages. Can Towns Keep Growing?
Eric Osborne, mayor of an old farm town full of new homes, factories and warehouses, spends his days thinking about water. The engine of this growth is billions of gallons of water being pumped from the ground, and his city of Buckeye, Arizona, is squeezing even more water as builders push deep into the Phoenix […]
Coconino County Public Works seeks budget adjustments after extreme weather and staffing shortages
Christopher Tressler’s computer screen was dominated by a map of Coconino County, showing the latest real-time rainfall totals on Friday. When the public works director told the Arizona Daily Sun, his attention was partly on the map. During the summer monsoon that arrived in the area last week, several storms struck that closely resembled what […]
Arizona Tackles Housing and Educator Shortages Together – Conduit Street
Arizona is developing a “Tiny House” craze to simultaneously address ongoing educator and housing shortages. Arizona, like the rest of the country, struggles to hire and retain public school educators and to provide an adequate inventory of affordable housing for those educators and other residents. there isand creative effort To address both issues at once, […]
Staffing shortages persist at county jail | Kingman Daily Miner
The Kingman-Mojave County Sheriff’s Office is seeking additional funding this year to address a severe shortage of staff at county jails. And until the shortage is cleared, Sheriff Doug Schuster says his 10-year strategic plan will be put on hold. Schuster’s plan was implemented in 2019 as an outline of an ongoing effort to address […]
Arizona’s public defense system hit hard with staffing shortages
Editor’s Note: This story is part of Lee Enterprises’ investigative series “Broken Defense”. More information about this project can be found at the end of this article. lawyer An influx of shortages, backlogs of cases from the pandemic, and low levels of drug charges are pushing the public defense system in Pima County in southern […]
Lake Havasu City Council considers response to future water shortages | Local News Stories
The Lake Havasu City Council is finalizing plans for how the city will respond and what water conservation measures it will require businesses and residents to take in various water scarcity situations on the Colorado River. On Tuesday, the city council unanimously voted to introduce an ordinance incorporating these plans into city law and set […]
