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December 09, 2019

Census Bureau head says IT concerns are being remedied

Information technology problems at the U.S. Census Bureau have been fixed or are in the process of being remedied, despite ...

December 05, 2019

6 apply for Missouri's nonpartisan redistricting post

About half a dozen people have applied for an influential new job in Missouri to draw state legislative districts under a ...

November 27, 2019

House Oversight panel sues Barr, Ross over census documents

The House Oversight Committee sued two top Trump administration officials Tuesday for refusing to produce documents related ...

November 24, 2019

5 states drag feet on creation of panels to promote Census

With billions in federal aid and seats in Congress at stake, some states are dragging their feet in carrying out one of the ...

November 22, 2019

China raises estimate of economy’s size following census

China’s economy was 2.1% bigger than earlier estimated, the government said Friday, revising the gross domestic product for ...

November 21, 2019

Nebraska is 1st to share drivers’ records with Census Bureau

Nebraska is the first state agreeing to share drivers’ license records with the U.S. Census Bureau as the federal agency ...

November 18, 2019

Democrats’ Southern victories could affect redistricting

The re-election victory by Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards over the weekend has assured Democrats of an all-important place ...

November 10, 2019

Justices take up high-profile case over young immigrants

The Supreme Court is taking up the Trump administration's plan to end legal protections that shield 660,000 immigrants from ...

November 02, 2019

North Carolina redistricting cases could offer map to others

When the U.S. Supreme Court this year declared federal judges had no business deciding cases about political gerrymandering, ...

October 24, 2019

Most states not giving driver's license data to Washington

An effort by the U.S. Census Bureau to collect state driver's license records as part of President Donald Trump's order to ...

October 16, 2019

Census confirms drivers' records request tied to citizenship

The U.S. Census Bureau is acknowledging that its nationwide request for state drivers' license records is the result of ...

October 14, 2019

Census Bureau seeks state data, including citizenship info

The U.S. Census Bureau is asking states for drivers' license records that typically include citizenship data and has made a ...

September 26, 2019

Census: US inequality grew, including in heartland states

The gap between the haves and have-nots in the United States grew last year to its highest level in more than 50 years of ...

September 18, 2019

Utah joins nearly 2 dozen US states spending on 2020 Census

Nearly two dozen states are spending millions of dollars to make sure people participate in the 2020 Census amid concerns ...

September 15, 2019

Rise in health uninsured may be linked to immigrants' fears

When the Census Bureau reported an increase in the number of people without health insurance in America, it sent political ...

September 10, 2019

Share of uninsured Americans rises for 1st time in a decade

The proportion of Americans without health insurance edged up in 2018 — the first evidence from the government that coverage ...

September 06, 2019

The Latest: US adds just 130K jobs, boosted by Census hiring

The Latest on the August jobs report (all times local): 8:30 a.m. U.S. employers added a modest 130,000 jobs in August, a ...

September 04, 2019

Short-lived partnership between Census and Muslim group over

A partnership between the U.S. Census Bureau and an Islamic civil rights group has ended just days after it was announced, ...

August 19, 2019

Correction: Election 2020-Native Americans story

In a story Aug. 17 about a forum on issues related to the Native American community, The Associated Press reported ...