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Fishkind Conversations: Getting The 2020 Census Right Is Vital For Florida's Economy

Image of diverse group of people: Pat Lyn via publicdomainpictures.net
Image of diverse group of people: Pat Lyn via publicdomainpictures.net

The US Supreme Court has blocked for now the inclusion of the citizenship question from the 2020 census.

Economic analyst Hank Fishkind tells 90.7’s Nicole Darden Creston that the accuracy of that census has major repercussions for Florida, since it’s used for more than calculating the amount of representation in Congress and state legislatures.

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Nicole came to Central Florida to attend Rollins College and started working for Orlando’s ABC News Radio affiliate shortly after graduation. She joined Central Florida Public Media in 2010. As a field reporter, news anchor and radio show host in the City Beautiful, she has covered everything from local arts to national elections, from extraordinary hurricanes to historic space flights, from the people and procedures of Florida’s justice system to the changing face of the state’s economy.