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From healthcare to housing assistance, job losses driven by funding cuts and shifting political priorities have left many organizations understaffed and under pressure.
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Leslye Moore, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Defense attorneys have also long denounced the hellish conditions at the severely understaffed jail, which has seen several fatal stabbings and many violent assaults.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 10 July 2025
Management at these facilities says the postal service is taking steps to retrain and fill understaffed positions.
—Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2025
As recently as 2023, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport was the site of a near collision between two planes and is also one of the most understaffed air traffic control locations in the country.
—Beck Andrew Salgado, Austin American Statesman, 4 July 2025
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Leslye Moore, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Defense attorneys have also long denounced the hellish conditions at the severely understaffed jail, which has seen several fatal stabbings and many violent assaults.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 10 July 2025
Management at these facilities says the postal service is taking steps to retrain and fill understaffed positions.
—Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2025
As recently as 2023, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport was the site of a near collision between two planes and is also one of the most understaffed air traffic control locations in the country.
—Beck Andrew Salgado, Austin American Statesman, 4 July 2025
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“Understaffed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/understaffed. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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