Census takers start work in Springfield area on Tuesday

Starting Tuesday, people wearing masks, having U.S. Census identification and perhaps some Census swag, will be approaching households in central Illinois where people have not yet submitted Census information.Val Yazell, director of the city of Springfield’s office of planning and economic development who is also chair of the city’s “complete count committee,” thinks it is vital that the government get information from people. That’s because the once-in-10-years […]