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With many employers still in need of workers in Massachusetts, federal money is being used for job-training programs

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Paul Tuthill
Published December 8, 2021 at 4:29 PM EST
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Employment experts say there are jobs available in almost every sector of the economy in the greater Springfield, Massachusetts area.
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With ‘help wanted’ signs up all across Massachusetts, the state is using $68 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to try to get more people into the labor market.

WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Kevin Lynn, executive director of the MassHire Springfield Career Center.

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The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.
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