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The deadly global pandemic has easily and understandably overshadowed the typical challenges facing Indiana communities. While so much of the attention of elected officials for more than a year has rightly been on battling COVID-19, a new report makes clear that other problems remain and need to be addressed. The coronavirus shifted the focus of towns, cities and counties, but it left in place – and sometimes made worse – issues such as drug use and housing affordability that have plagued them for years. A survey released this week from the Indiana University Advisory Commission on Interg...