How the census will shape our schools, roads and healthcare for the next decade

Every decade, the U.S. government counts the number of people in
the country. That census count helps determine the amount of money
each state receives from the federal government.  It also
determines how many people each state sends to the House of
Representatives.  An inaccurate count means that Arizona could
miss out on hundreds of millions of dollars over the decade for
public entities like our schools, roads and health care resources.
This can be particularly damaging to a state with rapidly growing
population and needs.  Several government-sponsored campaigns
have been created to encourage participation in the census. This
includes Gov. Doug Ducey's Arizona Complete Count Committee. 
In this episode of The Gaggle: An Arizona politics podcast, hosts
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Ronald J. Hansen talk to Alec Thomson,
the executive director of the Arizona Complete Count Committee,
about the importance of the census and how you can participate in a
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