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Ximena Bustillo's reporting on understaffed immigration courts, for example, showed the human cost of the layoffs, as well as the cost to due process.
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Thomas Evans, NPR, 22 Dec. 2025
An understaffed nursing home turning away patients leaves families scrambling.
—Bedassa Tadesse, The Conversation, 17 Dec. 2025
Even outside of shutdown staffing issues, the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) remains understaffed by several thousand controllers.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
But in general, Weintraub said, Milwaukee Public Schools is understaffed, especially with bilingual teachers.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 3 Dec. 2025
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Thomas Evans, NPR, 22 Dec. 2025
An understaffed nursing home turning away patients leaves families scrambling.
—Bedassa Tadesse, The Conversation, 17 Dec. 2025
Even outside of shutdown staffing issues, the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) remains understaffed by several thousand controllers.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
But in general, Weintraub said, Milwaukee Public Schools is understaffed, especially with bilingual teachers.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 3 Dec. 2025
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“Understaffed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/understaffed. Accessed 27 Dec. 2025.
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