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As skilled trades face a nationwide worker shortage, a new training facility in rural southeast Utah is trying to make it easier for women to seize the opportunity.

A wave of retirements early in the pandemic created a critical shortage of aircraft mechanics. Southern Utah University's mechanic training program hopes to fill that gap, but it can only grow so quickly.

Starting in October, monthly grant payments to eligible Utah child care providers will be reduced by 75%. They’ll be reduced again in March of 2024 and then completely disappear in June.

Applications have been slow to come in for open job positions at the Geraldine E. King Women's Resource Center in Salt Lake City.

Two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth can be a recession indicator. However, other factors, like consumer spending and employment levels, suggest a recession is not on the way.

56,000 Utah jobs have been created in the last year and businesses are trying to find workers to fill them.

The job market tanked for college grads in 2020. With record-low unemployment, this year they have more leverage than ever.

Utah may be experiencing low unemployment and high job growth, but many businesses are still struggling to find qualified workers to fill jobs.Scott…