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By George Donnelly with help from Keith Regan Will the tight labor market persist? Here's one reason why it (likely) will. find today's edition on our website -ADVERTISEMENT- Delta Dental of Massachusetts connects with communities statewide to highlight the importance of oral health. Your oral health is a key predictor of overall health — with direct links to diabetes, heart disease, mental health, and more. A healthy mouth is a powerful thing, so show your mouth some love. Discover the connection between oral and overall health at ExpressYourHealthMA.org.  Job Board Tuesday Reach MASSterList and the State House News Service’s connected audience in the political and public policy worlds in Massachusetts with your job postings. Click here to post a job. Need help? 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As the year closes, and with Matt off this week and thus no one around to stop me, I’m free to get a little nerdy with job data and gaze into the crystal ball. The question is whether the tight labor market will continue in 2023. One datapoint suggests that the answer is yes. It’s the aforementioned labor force, the combination of those working and those looking for work. It’s anemic, level with five years ago and down by about 22,000 in the past year (Nov. 2021-Nov. 2022).  There are many contributing factors, part of a nationwide trend. Meanwhile, year over year, Massachusetts has gained 144,000 jobs. So the talent squeeze continues, at least for now. Yes, the Fed is doing everything it can to slow the economy, but so far higher interest rates haven’t curbed hiring growth. Perhaps some sectors will shed jobs (like construction, real estate, finance) and others, especially health care and hospitality, should continue to hire robustly. A few relevant employment facts and figures: • Registered nurse openings: 3,447 (Source: The Commonwealth’s Department of Economic Research) • Commonwealth of Massachusetts job openings: 1,402. (Source: MassCareers website) • Total state government employment, Nov. 2022: 124,500 • Total state government employment, May 2014: 125,600 • Jobs gained in Massachusetts since April 2020: 677,100 Did someone send you today's edition? Click here to subscribe and wake up with MASSterList! Keller at Large Now that Citizens for Limited Taxation (CLT), the organization led into prominence by  the late Barbara Anderson, is dissolving, is there an anti-tax group to fill the breach?  Jon Keller is not so sure. Read/Listen Happening Today 11:00 a.m. | Governor's Council interviews assistant clerk magistrate Rachel Hickey for a permanent posting as clerk magistrate of Ipswich District Court. 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Daily Hampshire Gazette -- Nantucket liquor stores brace for coming nip-bottle ban  Liquor stores on Nantucket are scrambling to sell off their supplies of single-serving alcohol bottles, or nips, as the ban on the tiny bottles approved at last year’s Town Meeting takes effect on Jan. 1. Jason Graziadei of the Nantucket Current reports stores have been told there will be no post-New Year grace period and that distributors have informed the stores they are unable to take back unsold nips.  Nantucket Current Want to make an impact with Massachusetts' most engaged readers in politics, policy, media, and influence? We have advertising opportunities available for organizations and causes of all sizes. Draw attention to legislative action and increase the general knowledge of your efforts in connected circles. Promote your research, publications, events, and lobbying activities. 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