(LAPORTE, IN) -- Indiana's unemployment rate is hovering around pre-pandemic levels at 3.9 percent. Yet, like much of America, there is a labor shortage. Is it caused by expanded unemployment benefits? Is it caused by lower-than-normal immigration rates? Is it caused by other pandemic issues like childcare availability? Is it something else? That was the topic on this episode of SOUND OFF. 

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CREDITS: Jeff Wuggazer (Producer/Editor), Nate Loucks (Host)

SOUND OFF is a community conversation show that airs every Monday and Friday on 96.7 the Eagle in LaPorte County, Indiana. SOUND OFF is a Spoon River Media production.