Editor's note: This story is part two of a MinnPost series by Matthew Blake on Minnesota's efforts to stabilize its nursing home workforce - a sector long challenged by high turnover. Part one looks at the state's plan and the pushback to it from nursing home operators. Next March, Mary Voerding is due to celebrate her 30th year at Maplewood Rehabilitation Center, a suburban Twin Cities nursing home where she has worked as a nurse, care coordinator and now front desk receptionist.
FDNY ambulances are taking longer to reach life-threatening medical emergencies for the fourth consecutive year, according to the city's latest Mayor's Management Report, with union leaders blaming chronic understaffing and a lack of investment by City Hall. The data show ambulances took an average of 11 minutes and 21 seconds to respond to life-threatening emergencies in fiscal year 2025 - up 29 seconds from 2024 and nearly two minutes longer than in 2021, when the average was 9 minutes and 34 seconds.
The Strategic Organizing Center and Starbucks Workers United released a new study that says that 90% of Starbucks Corp. ( NASDAQ: SBUX) stores are understaffed and customers face long wait times. Starbucks Workers United and Starbucks management have not always gotten along. BerlinRosen, the PR firm that released the study, has a mixed reputation. The survey is an indictment of new CEO Brian Niccol and his "Back to Starbucks" plan, a set of programs to get faltering same-store sales back on track.
