Economy Sep 15 Income in the U.S. rose in 2019. So did the number of uninsured In 2019, median household income in the U.S. was the highest ever on record. But that was before the coronavirus pandemic hit.
Nation Sep 10 Despite judge's order, plans being made for census layoffs In response to the judge's temporary restraining order, the Census Bureau said Tuesday it would refrain from laying off census takers who were in phases two or three of the three-phase door knocking operation.
Nation Sep 03 Attorneys argue Trump's exclusion order for count is illegal The attorneys' comments this week came in response to a lawsuit from cities and civil rights groups who want to keep the previous deadline of Oct. 31.
Nation Aug 21 Watchdog says the U.S. Census lacks door knockers needed for 2020 count The Office of Inspector General this week issued an alert saying it was concerned about the bureau's ability to hire and retain workers, with six weeks left in the head count of every U.S. resident. The census helps determine the…
Nation Aug 05 Judge issues tight schedule in district redrawing case A federal judge is setting a compressed schedule for legal arguments challenging President Donald Trump's order seeking to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from being counted during the process of redrawing congressional districts.
Politics Aug 04 Census will end data collection for 2020 count a month early The decision comes as legislation that would have extended the national head count’s deadlines stalls in the U.S. Senate.
Nation Jul 31 Census speeds up count schedule while extension request stalls The Census Bureau has sped up the timetable on its website for crunching 2020 census numbers. The change came Friday after an earlier request for an extension stalled in the U.S. Senate.
Politics Jul 29 WATCH: Census head tells House Oversight committee he wasn't told about Trump district drawing order U.S. Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham testified that he wasn't informed ahead of time about President Donald Trump's order seeking to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from the process of redrawing congressional districts.
Nation Jul 28 Experts worry about errors if census schedule is sped up After asking for coronavirus-related deadline extensions in April, the Trump administration now appears to be abandoning that request by asking Congress for extra funding to wrap up the 2020 census “as quickly, and safely as possible" in a move that…
Politics Jul 22 Trump will face court challenge to order excluding unauthorized immigrants from U.S. Census Civil rights groups on Wednesday gave notice in court of their intent to squelch an effort by President Donald Trump to bar people in the U.S. illegally from being included in the head count as congressional districts are redrawn.