Funding from the federal government is often tied to metrics. Like census data – how much the population of an area grew, or how many more people live there.
Now, a new data point may determine the level of support for local communities.
In late January, the US Department of Transportation announced that it would give preference to, “communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average.”
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Steve Harrison, political reporter for WFAE-Charlotte’s NPR app Source and author of