Aug 04 Census will end data collection for 2020 count a month early By Mike Schneider, Associated Press The decision comes as legislation that would have extended the national head count’s deadlines stalls in the U.S. Senate. Continue reading
Jul 31 Census speeds up count schedule while extension request stalls By Mike Schneider, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jul 29 WATCH: Census head tells House Oversight committee he wasn’t told about Trump district drawing order By Mike Schneider, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jul 28 Experts worry about errors if census schedule is sped up By Mike Schneider, Associated Press 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… Continue reading
Jul 22 Watch 4:59 What’s at stake with political and pandemic challenges for 2020 census On Tuesday, President Trump signed a memo aiming to bar undocumented immigrants from being included in the census count that determines how many members of Congress are allocated to each state. The census is conducted once in a decade, but… Continue watching
Jul 22 Trump will face court challenge to order excluding unauthorized immigrants from U.S. Census By Mike Schneider, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jul 21 Trump signs memorandum excluding those in U.S. illegally from reapportionment By Jill Colvin, Kevin Freking, Associated Press President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Tuesday that seeks to bar people in the U.S. illegally from being counted in congressional reapportionment, a move that drew immediate criticism from Democratic officials. Continue reading
Apr 27 Census says restart to field operations will be in phases By Mike Schneider, Associated Press The 2020 count will be used to determine how many congressional seats each state gets and the distribution of $1 billion in federal funding. Continue reading
Apr 26 Census delay could put off new voting districts, primaries By David A. Lieb, Mike Schneider, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Apr 13 Watch 3:41 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… Continue watching