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Shannon Pettypiece

@spettypi

Senior Policy Reporter @NBCNews, former White House reporter, @Business alum
[email protected] Lives every week like its Shark Week

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Hundreds of veterans had their colon cancer screening tests invalidated. A college student missed a trip to Ghana when their passport. A bride had to rent a dress for her wedding.

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On this day four years ago, we were freaking out about Covid
Today, we are freaking out about a Kate Middleton photo

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Seconding and sharing! In my experience, its not the college you go to, but what you do while you're there. Do good, honest work. Be persistent yet patient. Treat everyone with respect. You'll find what you're looking for regardless of the path you take.

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'Despite offering a salary of $167,000, the city of Steamboat Springs can’t find a head of human resources who can afford a place to live in the remote Colorado community surrounded by ranches and famous for training Olympic athletes.'
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UnitedHealth used algorithms to deny care, staff say.

“Managers delivered a different message: that the algorithm was to be followed precisely so payment could be cut off by the date it predicted.”

By ⁦Casey Ross⁩ and ⁦Bob Herman⁩. statnews.com/2023/11/14/uni…

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36-hour shifts, 80-hour weeks: Workers are being burned out by overtime

Americans say they are being required to work an exorbitant amount of overtime to compensate for staffing shortages that have plagued the economy.
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More than a year and a half since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, defense companies say they have been struggling to hire workers in a tight labor market, untangle supply chain snarls and restart mothballed production lines.

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Amid millions of open jobs, finding work remains a struggle with a criminal record nbcnews.com/politics/findi… via @nbcnews

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Food benefits for millions at center of latest Washington spending fight nbcnews.com/politics/econo… via @nbcnews

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Another year where schools are once again struggling to find teachers nbcnews.com/politics/econo… via @nbcnews

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'At least 162 babies under a year old have died in incidents involving nursing pillows since 2007, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis based on hundreds of public records as well as internal federal data.' nbcnews.com/news/us-news/n… via @nbcnews

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Early in the Covid pandemic, supply shortages and delivery delays created a desperate need for drivers, and in-turn a financial opportunity for them.

Now, however, truckers aren’t reaping the same financial benefits post-pandemic.

Shannon Pettypiece reports: nbcnews.to/3KiwBOJ

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In 'warfare against renters,' homeowners fight affordable housing push nbcnews.com/politics/econo… via @nbcnews

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Remember the trucker shortage during Covid?
Thousands of workers responded and went into the trucking industry.
But now they are struggling to make a living as demand slows
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Russians took her son, so she traveled 3,000 miles to get him back nbcnews.com/news/world/ukr… via @nbcnews

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