Filling gaps. This week Matter of Fact looks at the myriad of reasons why fewer and fewer people are going into skilled trade jobs, even as more than 650,000 positions remain open – and layoffs continue in many other sectors. Plus, a little-known connection between the 1980 Super Bowl and the Iranian hostage crisis. And, what happens when a town’s newspaper goes out of business? A small town in Michigan is facing that question, as the owners of a 150-year-old hometown newspaper are desperate to retire.
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