With less than a week before Metro students return to class, the district is still filling roughly 190 teaching positions. And the vacancy rate is even higher among teachers for English language learners.
The Nashville hot chicken supply chain has been hit by a ‘perfect storm’
Dollye Matthews at Bolton’s Spicy Chicken and Fish clued WPLN News in about a problem: a shortage of chicken. Bolton’s is one of many restaurants that a local food distributor says have been impacted.
A Tennessee trucker says a new federal program training teens to drive big rigs won’t address deeper staffing and safety issues
Trade groups like the American Trucking Associations say the Department of Transportation’s new pilot program will provide a staffing boost. But Lyndon Johnson, who lives in Hilham, Tenn. says “there are bigger fish to fry in the industry right now.”
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