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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Pooja Salhotra

As Texas booms, local governments — especially in small towns — struggle to find workers

Public works Director, Thomas Bailey, arrives at City of Zavalla’s Water Well #2 in Zavalla, Texas on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023.
Zavalla public works director Thomas Bailey arrives at a city well on Feb. 1. (Credit: Joseph Bui for The Texas Tribune)

ZAVALLA — Earl Norrod thought he was finished working when he retired from the city of Lufkin water department 10 years ago.

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