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Experiencing a critical shortage of snowplow drivers. dan springer is in washington with more on that and folks there certainly in need of some plowing. dan? >> yeah, there's a nationwide shortage of snowplow drivers but made worse in states like washing to that are firing unvaccinated state workers, you know, the people that keep the roads safe. we're seeing the resultses here in washington state here off of i-90. they see about 20,000 vehicles per day and has been shut down five times due to accidents. the state department of transportation warned driver in november that snow removal would s...

They have are actually firing employees who keep those roads safe in the wintertime. those unvaccinated workers who drive the snowplows. we've seen the result here in washington state on interstate 90 through this pass. this stretch of freeway which sees 20,000 vehicles a day has been shut down five times due to snowy roads and accidents and spin-outs. the state department of transportation warned drivers back in november that snow row moveal would suffer this year because they're short of snowplow drivers. 150 either quit or were fired for not complying with the vaccine mandate. the d.o.t. do...