Since the pandemic, Iowa has seen worker shortages and lawmakers have been targeting the issue with different proposals and plans.

Ahead of the 2023 legislative session, Democratic State Senator Molly Donahue said, “Until we start changing what we’re doing in Iowa, we are going to continue to see the drain of the workforce.”

However, according to an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Iowa, there is a shortage, but the overall picture right now isn’t dire.