Workforce Development Reporter News Today

Joseph Schwartzburt, a Savannah-based writer and former career adviser, joins Savannah Morning News staff as education and workforce development reporter.

Today we talk about how the nursing shortage has impacted Indianas nursing homes, and the people who live there.

Today we talk about how religious exemptions work for the COVID-19 vaccine, the challenge for employers handling these requests, and a proposed state law that could have an impact on the process.

Today we go back to the Middle Ages to learn about the bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death, to find out what impact it had on labor markets at the time and what it can tell us about what we’re experiencing today.

Today we spend the hour catching up with public media reporters around the state, to dig a little deeper into their latest stories.