Commerce chief: Billions more dollars needed for 2020 Census
WASHINGTON (AP) " The Trump administration acknowledged on Thursday that billions more dollars are "urgently needed" to ensure a fair and accurate count during the 2020 Census.Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told a House panel that new cost estimates show the 2020 Census will cost $15.6 billion, about 27 percent more than earlier projections.Among the factors for the higher cost estimates, according to Ross, are tightening labor markets and overly optimistic projections from the [...]
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