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Josh Shapiro: “We have about 80,000 jobs in the state government.”

Featuring: Josh Shapiro, Democratic | Governor of Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro Announces New Workforce Investments And Apprenticeship Programs

Published | Video Starts at 10:43

… laws and regulations and sign executive orders, literally the first thing I did was sign an executive order doing away with the college degree requirement to work for state government. We have about 80,000 jobs in the state government. It opened up the doors of opportunity to damn near all of those jobs. Over the last three years, more than 60% of the people we have hired don't have a college degree. (10:43–10:47)

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