The Economy Project
The Economy Project aims to track and document U.S. business closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, by requesting data on the withdrawal or cancellation of liquor or alcohol licenses; sales tax or other tax authorities; and other business data maintained by local or state agencies.
The project, led by New York-based investigative journalist Derek Kravitz, has requested such business data from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, along with year-over-year data to track "excess" closures. There are caveats: Like most government datasets, liquor license cancellations and, to a lesser extent, sales tax cancellations are imperfect measures of the true number of business closures in the United States.
For more information or to collaborate on this project, email info@documentingcovid19.io.
Record Set(s)
Montana Governor's Office COVID-19 emails and response
Date Updated: December 24, 2020
Date Added: December 24, 2020
MT
Principal Subject: Montana Governor Steve Bullock
This material includes emails sent to, from or copied to Montana Governor Steve Bullock regarding Covid-19 response for the state of Montana.
Date Range: January 1 to March 31, 2020
Format Details: (.pdf, 1178 pages)
North Dakota Consumer Protection & Antitrust Division complaints
Date Updated: December 3, 2020
Date Added: December 3, 2020
Burleigh County, ND
Fifty-five complaints submitted to the North Dakota Office of the Attorney General Consumer Protection & Antitrust Division related to COVID-19.
Date Range: March 1, 2020, to November 19, 2020
Format Details: .pdf, 394 pages
Illinois State University COVID-19 emails and response
Date Updated: October 19, 2020
Date Added: October 16, 2020
McLean County, IL
Principal Subject: Vice President for Student Affairs Levester "LJ" Johnson
This material includes emails sent to, from or copied to Vice President for Student Affairs Levester "LJ" Johnson from June 26 to September 24, 2020, regarding COVID-19 response, issues with testing and isolation in student housing.
Date Range: June 26 to September 24, 2020
Format Details: PDF, 206 pages
Iowa City Mayor COVID-19 school emails
Date Updated: October 5, 2020
Date Added: October 2, 2020
Iowa City, IA
Principal Subject: Iowa City Mayor Bruce Teague
These documents include emails sent from, to or copied to Iowa City Mayor Bruce Teague between August 15 to September 16, 2020, regarding local response to COVID-19 regarding schools and universities.
Date Range: August 15 to September 16, 2020
Format Details: PDF, 58 pages
North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission liquor license withdrawals and cancellations
Date Updated: September 29, 2020
Date Added: September 29, 2020
NC
Highlighted Documents: North Caorlina PY 2020 liquor license withdrawals and cancellations North Caorlina CY 2019 liquor license withdrawals and cancellations
Principal Subject: North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission
This data includes the withdrawals and cancellation of North Carolina liquor license holders between January 1, 2019, and August 12, 2020.
Date Range: January 1, 2019, to August 12, 2020
Format Details: .xlsx spreadsheets
Ohio Department of Commerce liquor license cancellations and failure to renew data
Date Updated: September 29, 2020
Date Added: September 29, 2020
OH
Highlighted Documents: Ohio liquor license cancellation data, 2019-20
Principal Subject: Ohio Department of Commerce
This data includes liquor license holders who have filed Cancellation Requests or have had Cancel for Failure to Renew, or CFRE notices issued by the Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Liquor Control between January 1, 2019 and August 27, 2020.
Date Range: January 1, 2019, to August 27, 2020
Format Details: .xlsx spreadsheets
