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.
Nation Jun 25 Disney to change ride tied to Jim Crow film The Splash Mountain ride at Disney parks in California and Florida is being recast. Disney officials said the ride would no longer be tied to the 1946 movie, “Song of the South," which features many racist stereotypes and Old South…
Economy May 20 WATCH: Pence visits tourism-reliant Florida as Disney shops reopen Vice President Mike Pence is visiting central Florida as the region's biggest tourist destination begins reopening. Pence visited Orlando on Wednesday to meet with tourism officials, talk to the governor and drop off protective equipment at a nursing home.
Economy May 14 Oil and mining businesses had best success in getting pandemic loans, says survey Of the 75 % of small businesses applying for federal funding during the pandemic, oil extraction and mining businesses had the best success in getting loans from the Paycheck Protection Program, with more than half of businesses surveyed in that…
Nation Apr 27 Census says restart to field operations will be in phases The 2020 count will be used to determine how many congressional seats each state gets and the distribution of $1 billion in federal funding.
Politics Apr 26 Census delay could put off new voting districts, primaries The U.S. Census Bureau wants more time to wrap up the once-a-decade count because of the coronavirus, and that could delay the divisive process of drawing new legislative districts.