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MoDOT turns the tide: More workers joining than leaving for the first time in years

Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 12:00 AM

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – For the first time in more than a decade, the Missouri Department of Transportation is gaining staff instead of losing it.

Within the last month, through a new strategy of hiring events, MoDOT has hired 100 new people. At one point, the state’s transportation department was short 1,000 employees.

“We were digging a hole that keeps getting deeper,” said Patrick McKenna, director for the Missouri Department of Transportation. “The first thing we had to do was stop digging, and I feel like we’ve done that.”

The full article is available at ozarksfirst.com.

(Story by Joey Schneider, Emily Manley, ozarksfirst.com)

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