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.
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News Wrap: At least 30 people killed as severe storms sweep the Deep South
In our news wrap Monday, at least 30 people were killed after severe storms swept across the Deep South on Easter Sunday and overnight. Tornadoes and thunderstorms blasted a path from Texas to the Carolinas. Also, the Trump administration is…
Trump officials want delay in census due to virus, lawmaker says
Field operations for the 2020 census have been suspended since mid-March and were set to resume this week.
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News Wrap: U.S. believes China vastly understated its COVID-19 death toll
In our news wrap Wednesday, U.S. intelligence believes that China vastly understated its own death toll in the COVID-19 pandemic. Two senior U.S. officials say the true number of dead in Wuhan, where the outbreak began, could be 10 times…
The pandemic adds to the challenges the 2020 census was already facing…
Field operations have been suspended for two weeks, citing the health and safety of its workers and the U.S. public from the novel coronavirus.
There has been a U.S. census every decade since 1790. The results determine how many congressional seats each state gets and how $1.5 trillion in federal spending is distributed.
Researchers say no other age group was undercounted as much during the last once-a-decade census than children under 5. Sesame Street is using Count von Count to change that.
The decision came Thursday, hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized Facebook for the ads, saying people would confuse the survey with the once-a-decade head count.
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