Census matters more than you may realize in R.I. this year

PBN Staff

07/31/2020

HIGH STAKES: The state could lose one of its two U.S. House seats if this year’s census doesn’t turn up enough residents to justify keeping both. / AP FILE PHOTO/ PAUL SANCYA

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the census news was not good for Rhode Island. Population shifts across the country pointed to the likelihood of the state losing one of its two seats in the U.S. House. The only chance to avoid that was a robust effort to turn out undercounted residents to see if there

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