<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/stories/confronting-workforce-crisis.html" dsn="news"><hide/><featured/><pubDate>10/07/2021</pubDate><title>President’s Message: Confronting the workforce crisis</title><description>Kentucky is in the midst of an alarming workforce shortage two decades in the making. CPE is unrolling several new initiatives this fall to address the complex issues driving the problem.</description><image><img src="/_resources/images/AT-presidentsmsg-2018.jpg" alt="Aaron Thompson"/></image><tags><tag>president</tag></tags></item>