MEDIA ADVISORY: Senator Bernie Sanders, Governor Phil Scott, Senate President Pro Tempore Becca Balint, and House Speaker Jill Krowinski to Discuss Nursing Workforce Crisis
Burlington, Vt., Dec. 31 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), joined by Governor Phil Scott, Senate President Pro Tempore Becca Balint, and House Speaker Jill Krowinski, on Monday will discuss Vermont’s nursing workforce crisis. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic began, it was estimated that Vermont needed to add approximately 9,000 nurses to the state’s workforce in the next seven years. However,