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Experts say 2020 Census was unprecedented and problematic, and may cause data issues and problems down the road.

Those who have had flexibility of work and who could work from home were  better off than those who were already struggling, who didn't have the same flexibility, and who lost jobs and fell further and further behind, said Aaron Schill, director of data and mapping for the MId-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC), which released the briefs on Tuesday. That is especially true for people of color and low-income residents, he said. "How do we think about the long-term recovery for the region?" Schill said. The MORPC briefs are designed to help the region recover from COVID-19 and its las...

A series of policy briefs released by the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission shows that COVID exacerbated health and ecnomic divides in region.

MORPC research on effects of COVID-19 shows it worsened economic, health divides in central Ohio Mark Ferenchik, The Columbus Dispatch © Fred Squillante/Columbus Dispatch Bill LaFayette, owner of the central Ohio economic consulting firm Regionomics, who contributed research for the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission policy papers, said the thing that concerns him most "is the death of small businesses". Owner Dawn McCombs said she had to close Glean, her business at 815 N. High St. in the Short North, shown here in this Dispatch file picture, because of the COVID-19 pan...