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Redefinition of 'metropolitan' region could hurt rural areas

04/07/21 5:55 AM By Steve Davies
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The White House Office of Management and Budget is catching heat for a proposal to change how it defines "metropolitan" areas in a way that could leave sparsely populated counties competing with much larger ones for federal dollars.
KEYWORDS Brookings Institution demographics Erci Deeble Fred Ullrich Independent Community Bankers Keith Mueller Metropolitan Statistical Area National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition office of management and budget Rural Policy Research Institute
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