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Tony Evers: “Wisconsin had reached an all time record high number of…”

Featuring: Tony Evers, Democratic | Governor of Wisconsin

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Governor Evers delivers the 2024 State of the State Address

Published | Video Starts at 50:28

I join with the Wisconsin laborers about a year ago to announce Wisconsin had the highest participation rate in our Registered Apprenticeship program in two decades. In November, I celebrated National Apprenticeship Week and announced Wisconsin had reached an all time record high number of participants in the registered apprenticeship program's 112 year history. How about that? There are also high need areas of our workforce we need to bolster and support. According to the Department of Workforce Development, Wisconsin faces a potential deficit of 20,000 nurses by 2040. (50:28–50:39)

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