Saturday, November 16, 2024

Latino city in Arizona grew, but census says it shrank

SOMERTON, Ariz. (AP) — It’s a Thursday evening in Somerton, Arizona, and parents and students packed inside a middle school gym are roaring for the school’s wrestling team at decibels that test the eardrum.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Latino city in Arizona grew, but census says it shrank

SOMERTON, Ariz. (AP) — It’s a Thursday evening in Somerton, Arizona, and parents and students packed inside a middle school gym are roaring for the school’s wrestling team at decibels that test the eardrum.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Latino city in Arizona grew, but census says it shrank

SOMERTON, Ariz. (AP) — It’s a Thursday evening in Somerton, Arizona, and parents and students packed inside a middle school gym are roaring for the school’s wrestling team at decibels that test the eardrum.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Latino city in Arizona grew, but census says it shrank

SOMERTON, Ariz. (AP) — It’s a Thursday evening in Somerton, Arizona, and parents and students packed inside a middle school gym are roaring for the school’s wrestling team at decibels that test the eardrum.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Latino city in Arizona grew, but census says it shrank

SOMERTON, Ariz. (AP) — It’s a Thursday evening in Somerton, Arizona, and parents and students packed inside a middle school gym are roaring for the school’s wrestling team at decibels that test the eardrum.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Report: Census hit by cyberattack, US count unaffected

U.S. Census Bureau computer servers were exploited last year during a cybersecurity attack, but it didn't involve the 2020 census, and hackers' attempts to keep access to the system were unsuccessful, according to a watchdog report released Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Report: Census hit by cyberattack, US count unaffected

U.S. Census Bureau computer servers were exploited last year during a cybersecurity attack, but it didn't involve the 2020 census, and hackers' attempts to keep access to the system were unsuccessful, according to a watchdog report released Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Report: Census hit by cyberattack, US count unaffected

U.S. Census Bureau computer servers were exploited last year during a cybersecurity attack, but it didn't involve the 2020 census, and hackers' attempts to keep access to the system were unsuccessful, according to a watchdog report released Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Multiracial boom reflects US racial, ethnic complexity

For the 2010 Census, René D. Flores, a Mexican American college professor, marked his race as “white."
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Census data: US is diversifying, white population shrinking

No racial or ethnic group dominates for those under age 18, and white people declined in numbers for the first time on record in the overall U.S. population as the Hispanic and Asian populations boomed this past decade, according to the 2020 census data.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Census shows US is diversifying, white population shrinking

The U.S. became more diverse and more urban over the past decade, and the non-Hispanic white population dropped for the first time on record, the Census Bureau reported Thursday as it released a trove of demographic data that will be used to redraw the nation's political maps.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Multiracial boom reflects US racial, ethnic complexity

For the 2010 Census, René D. Flores, a Mexican American college professor, marked his race as “white."
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: 5 takeaways from the release of 2020 census data

The Census Bureau on Thursday issued its long-awaited portrait of how the U.S. has changed over the past decade, releasing a trove of demographic data that will be used to redraw political maps across an increasingly diverse country. The data will also shape how $1.5 trillion in federal spending is …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Census data: US is diversifying, white population shrinking

No racial or ethnic group dominates for those under age 18, and white people declined in numbers for the first time on record in the overall U.S. population as the Hispanic and Asian populations boomed this past decade, according to the 2020 census data.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Census shows US is diversifying, white population shrinking

The U.S. became more diverse and more urban over the past decade, and the non-Hispanic white population dropped for the first time on record, the Census Bureau reported Thursday as it released a trove of demographic data that will be used to redraw the nation's political maps.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Multiracial boom reflects US racial, ethnic complexity

For the 2010 Census, René D. Flores, a Mexican American college professor, marked his race as “white."
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: 5 takeaways from the release of 2020 census data

The Census Bureau on Thursday issued its long-awaited portrait of how the U.S. has changed over the past decade, releasing a trove of demographic data that will be used to redraw political maps across an increasingly diverse country. The data will also shape how $1.5 trillion in federal spending is …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Multiracial boom reflects US racial, ethnic complexity

For the 2010 Census, René D. Flores, a Mexican American college professor, marked his race as “white."
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Census data: US is diversifying, white population shrinking

No racial or ethnic group dominates for those under age 18, and white people declined in numbers for the first time on record in the overall U.S. population as the Hispanic and Asian populations boomed this past decade, according to the 2020 census data.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Census shows US is diversifying, white population shrinking

The U.S. became more diverse and more urban over the past decade, and the non-Hispanic white population dropped for the first time on record, the Census Bureau reported Thursday as it released a trove of demographic data that will be used to redraw the nation's political maps.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

New census data expected to reveal a more diverse America

Almost 120 years ago, African American domestic workers settled in the Como neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas, where they held Fourth of July parades, patronized shops on Horne Street and lived for several generations in what seemed like a small town within the big city.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: 5 takeaways from the release of 2020 census data

The Census Bureau on Thursday issued its long-awaited portrait of how the U.S. has changed over the past decade, releasing a trove of demographic data that will be used to redraw political maps across an increasingly diverse country. The data will also shape how $1.5 trillion in federal spending is …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Census data: US is diversifying, white population shrinking

No racial or ethnic group dominates for those under age 18, and white people declined in numbers for the first time on record in the overall U.S. population as the Hispanic and Asian populations boomed this past decade, according to the 2020 census data.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: 5 takeaways from the release of 2020 census data

The Census Bureau on Thursday issued its long-awaited portrait of how the U.S. has changed over the past decade, releasing a trove of demographic data that will be used to redraw political maps across an increasingly diverse country. The data will also shape how $1.5 trillion in federal spending is …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Census shows US is diversifying, white population shrinking

The U.S. became more diverse and more urban over the past decade, and the non-Hispanic white population dropped for the first time on record, the Census Bureau reported Thursday as it released a trove of demographic data that will be used to redraw the nation's political maps.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

New census data expected to reveal a more diverse America

Almost 120 years ago, African American domestic workers settled in the Como neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas, where they held Fourth of July parades, patronized shops on Horne Street and lived for several generations in what seemed like a small town within the big city.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

New census data expected to reveal a more diverse America

Almost 120 years ago, African American domestic workers settled in the Como neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas, where they held Fourth of July parades, patronized shops on Horne Street and lived for several generations in what seemed like a small town within the big city.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Census experts puzzled by high rate of unanswered questions

Census Bureau statisticians and outside experts are trying to unravel a mystery: Why were so many questions about households in the 2020 census left unanswered?
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Census experts puzzled by high rate of unanswered questions

Census Bureau statisticians and outside experts are trying to unravel a mystery: Why were so many questions about households in the 2020 census left unanswered?
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Census experts puzzled by high rate of unanswered questions

Census Bureau statisticians and outside experts are trying to unravel a mystery: Why were so many questions about households in the 2020 census left unanswered?
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Census experts puzzled by high rate of unanswered questions

Census Bureau statisticians and outside experts are trying to unravel a mystery: Why were so many questions about households in the 2020 census left unanswered?
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Census: 1 in 5 dorms, prisons had no data at end of US count

By the end of the U.S. head count last year, the Census Bureau had no data for almost a fifth of the nation's occupied college dorms, nursing homes and prisons, requiring the statistical agency to make eleventh-hour calls to facilities in an effort to collect information or use a last-resort …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Census: 1 in 5 dorms, prisons had no data at end of US count

By the end of the U.S. head count last year, the Census Bureau had no data for almost a fifth of the nation's occupied college dorms, nursing homes and prisons, requiring the statistical agency to make eleventh-hour calls to facilities in an effort to collect information or use a last-resort …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Census: 1 in 5 dorms, prisons had no data at end of US count

By the end of the U.S. head count last year, the Census Bureau had no data for almost a fifth of the nation's occupied college dorms, nursing homes and prisons, requiring the statistical agency to make eleventh-hour calls to facilities in an effort to collect information or use a last-resort …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Census: 1 in 5 dorms, prisons had no data at end of US count

By the end of the U.S. head count last year, the Census Bureau had no data for almost a fifth of the nation's occupied college dorms, nursing homes and prisons, requiring the statistical agency to make eleventh-hour calls to facilities in an effort to collect information or use a last-resort …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Census takers worry that apartment renters were undercounted

Census taker Linda Rothfield's government-issued iPhone kept directing her back to apartments in San Francisco that she already knew were vacant. When she did find apartments that were occupied, she was sometimes turned away because of the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Census takers worry that apartment renters were undercounted

Census taker Linda Rothfield's government-issued iPhone kept directing her back to apartments in San Francisco that she already knew were vacant. When she did find apartments that were occupied, she was sometimes turned away because of the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Census takers worry that apartment renters were undercounted

Census taker Linda Rothfield's government-issued iPhone kept directing her back to apartments in San Francisco that she already knew were vacant. When she did find apartments that were occupied, she was sometimes turned away because of the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Census takers worry that apartment renters were undercounted

Census taker Linda Rothfield's government-issued iPhone kept directing her back to apartments in San Francisco that she already knew were vacant. When she did find apartments that were occupied, she was sometimes turned away because of the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Senators would stop 'micropolitan' label for 144 US cities

Some lawmakers are trying to stop 144 U.S. cities from losing their designations as “metropolitan areas" as the federal government updates its standards, doubling the minimum number of residents required in a city's urban core to 100,000 people.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Senators would stop 'micropolitan' label for 144 US cities

Some lawmakers are trying to stop 144 U.S. cities from losing their designations as “metropolitan areas" as the federal government updates its standards, doubling the minimum number of residents required in a city's urban core to 100,000 people.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Senators would stop 'micropolitan' label for 144 US cities

Some lawmakers are trying to stop 144 U.S. cities from losing their designations as “metropolitan areas" as the federal government updates its standards, doubling the minimum number of residents required in a city's urban core to 100,000 people.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Gaetz associate pleads guilty to sex trafficking charges

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida politician who emerged as a central figure in the Justice Department’s sex trafficking investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz pleaded guilty Monday to six federal charges and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors as part of a plea deal.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Gaetz associate pleads guilty to sex trafficking charges

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida politician who emerged as a central figure in the Justice Department’s sex trafficking investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz pleaded guilty Monday to six federal charges and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors as part of a plea deal.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

In rural America, census takers relied more on neighbors

In Alaska, West Virginia and other mostly rural states, census takers relied more on the word of neighbors, landlords and others for information about a home's residents. In New Jersey, New York and other more densely populated states in the Mid-Atlantic region, they were more likely to come away from …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Gaetz associate pleads guilty to sex trafficking charges

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida politician who emerged as a central figure in the Justice Department’s sex trafficking investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz pleaded guilty Monday to six federal charges and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors as part of a plea deal.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

In rural America, census takers relied more on neighbors

In Alaska, West Virginia and other mostly rural states, census takers relied more on the word of neighbors, landlords and others for information about a home's residents. In New Jersey, New York and other more densely populated states in the Mid-Atlantic region, they were more likely to come away from …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

In rural America, census takers relied more on neighbors

In Alaska, West Virginia and other mostly rural states, census takers relied more on the word of neighbors, landlords and others for information about a home's residents. In New Jersey, New York and other more densely populated states in the Mid-Atlantic region, they were more likely to come away from …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Gaetz associate expected to plead guilty in federal case

WASHINGTON (AP) — A key figure in the federal investigation of Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz is expected to plead guilty to criminal charges next week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Gaetz associate expected to plead guilty in federal case

WASHINGTON (AP) — A key figure in the federal investigation of Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz is expected to plead guilty to criminal charges next week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Judges hear arguments over contentious Census privacy tool

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The fight over whether the U.S. Census Bureau can use a controversial statistical technique to keep people's information private in the numbers used for drawing political districts on Monday went before a judicial panel that must decide if the method provides enough data accuracy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Judges hear arguments over contentious Census privacy tool

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The fight over whether the U.S. Census Bureau can use a controversial statistical technique to keep people's information private in the numbers used for drawing political districts on Monday went before a judicial panel that must decide if the method provides enough data accuracy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Judges hear arguments over contentious Census privacy tool

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The fight over whether the U.S. Census Bureau can use a controversial statistical technique to keep people's information private in the numbers used for drawing political districts on Monday went before a judicial panel that must decide if the method provides enough data accuracy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Judges hear arguments over Census' contentious privacy tool

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The fight over whether the U.S. Census Bureau can use a controversial statistical technique to keep people's information private in the numbers used for drawing political districts on Monday went before a judicial panel that must decide if the method provides enough data accuracy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Fear, lack of funding hurt census in Sun Belt, advocates say

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — According to the new census, the booming Sun Belt isn’t booming quite like the experts thought.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

What's behind the growth slump? Takeaways from census data

The first batch of once-every-decade
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

US marks slowest population growth since the Depression

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. population growth has slowed to the lowest rate since the Great Depression, the Census Bureau said, as Americans continued their march to the South and West and one-time engines of growth, New York and California, lost political influence.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Fear, lack of funding hurt census in Sun Belt, advocates say

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — According to the new census, the booming Sun Belt isn’t booming quite like the experts thought.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

What's behind the growth slump? Takeaways from census data

The first batch of once-every-decade
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Young adults' relocations are reshaping political geography

Garima Vyas always wanted to live in a big city. She thought about New York, long the destination for 20-something strivers, but was wary of the cost and complicated subway lines.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

US marks slowest population growth since the Depression

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. population growth has slowed to the lowest rate since the Great Depression, the Census Bureau said, as Americans continued their march to the South and West and one-time engines of growth, New York and California, lost political influence.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Fear, lack of funding hurt census in Sun Belt, advocates say

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — According to the new census, the booming Sun Belt isn’t booming quite like the experts thought.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Young adults' relocations are reshaping political geography

Garima Vyas always wanted to live in a big city. She thought about New York, long the destination for 20-something strivers, but was wary of the cost and complicated subway lines.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

What's behind the growth slump? Takeaways from census data

The first batch of once-every-decade
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

US marks slowest population growth since the Depression

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. population growth has slowed to the lowest rate since the Great Depression, the Census Bureau said, as Americans continued their march to the South and West and one-time engines of growth, New York and California, lost political influence.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

What's behind the growth slump? Takeaways from census data

The first batch of once-every-decade data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows a United States that is growing less quickly and but still seeing its population shift to the South and West.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

US marks slowest population growth since the Depression

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. population growth has slowed to the lowest rate since the Great Depression, the Census Bureau said, as Americans continued their march to the South and West and one-time engines of growth, New York and California, lost political influence.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Young adults' relocations are reshaping political geography

Garima Vyas always wanted to live in a big city. She thought about New York, long the destination for 20-something strivers, but was wary of the cost and complicated subway lines.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Young adults' relocations are reshaping political geography

Garima Vyas always wanted to live in a big city. She thought about New York, long the destination for 20-something strivers, but was wary of the cost and complicated subway lines.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Gaetz associate working toward plea deal with prosecutors

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — An associate of Rep. Matt Gaetz's is working toward a plea deal with federal prosecutors investigating a sex trafficking operation, potentially escalating the
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Gaetz associate working toward plea deal with prosecutors

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — An associate of Rep. Matt Gaetz's is working toward a plea deal with federal prosecutors investigating a sex trafficking operation, potentially escalating the
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Gaetz associate working toward plea deal with prosecutors

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — An associate of Rep. Matt Gaetz's is working toward a plea deal with federal prosecutors investigating a sex trafficking operation, potentially escalating the
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Gaetz associate working toward plea deal with prosecutors

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — An associate of Rep. Matt Gaetz's is working toward a plea deal with federal prosecutors investigating a sex trafficking operation, potentially escalating the
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Federal judge nixes Ohio's push for early redistricting data

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state of Ohio that tried to get the U.S. Census Bureau to provide data used for drawing congressional and legislative districts ahead of its planned release.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Federal judge nixes Ohio's push for early redistricting data

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state of Ohio that tried to get the U.S. Census Bureau to provide data used for drawing congressional and legislative districts ahead of its planned release.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Federal judge nixes Ohio's push for early redistricting data

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state of Ohio that tried to get the U.S. Census Bureau to provide data used for drawing congressional and legislative districts ahead of its planned release.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Federal Judge nixes Ohio's quest at early redistricting data

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state of Ohio that tried to get the U.S. Census Bureau to provide data used for drawing congressional and legislative districts ahead of its planned release.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Judge rejects Ohio's efforts at early redistricting data

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state of Ohio that tried to get the U.S. Census Bureau to provide data used for drawing congressional and legislative districts ahead of its planned release.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Census: No redistricting data until end of September

The U.S. Census Bureau said Friday it won't be delivering data used for redrawing congressional and state legislative districts until the end of September, causing headaches for state lawmakers and redistricting commissions facing deadlines to redraw districts this year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Census: No redistricting data until end of September

The U.S. Census Bureau said Friday it won't be delivering data used for redrawing congressional and state legislative districts until the end of September, causing headaches for state lawmakers and redistricting commissions facing deadlines to redraw districts this year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Census: No redistricting data until end of September

The U.S. Census Bureau said Friday it won't be delivering data used for redrawing congressional and state legislative districts until the end of September, causing headaches for state lawmakers and redistricting commissions facing deadlines to redraw districts this year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Census: No redistricting data until end of September

The U.S. Census Bureau said Friday it won't be delivering data used for redrawing congressional and state legislative districts until the end of September, causing headaches for state lawmakers and redistricting commissions facing deadlines to redraw districts this year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Calendar timing means virus deaths won't be seen in census

The human loss from the coronavirus will not be reflected in the 2020 census because of a matter of timing, which could save a congressional seat for New York but cost Alabama one.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Calendar timing means virus deaths won't be seen in census

The human loss from the coronavirus will not be reflected in the 2020 census because of a matter of timing, which could save a congressional seat for New York but cost Alabama one.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Calendar timing means virus deaths won't be seen in census

The human loss from the coronavirus will not be reflected in the 2020 census because of a matter of timing, which could save a congressional seat for New York but cost Alabama one.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Calendar quirk means virus deaths won't be seen in census

The human loss from the coronavirus will not be reflected in the 2020 census because of a matter of timing, which could save a congressional seat for New York but cost Alabama one.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

US House data not ready until April, states' data after July

The U.S. Census Bureau is aiming to deliver the long-delayed numbers used for divvying up congressional seats by the end of April, but a holdup on redistricting data could disrupt several states’ abilities to redraw their own legislative maps ahead of upcoming elections, an agency official said Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

US House data not ready until April, states' data after July

The U.S. Census Bureau is aiming to deliver the long-delayed numbers used for divvying up congressional seats by the end of April, but a holdup on redistricting data could disrupt several states’ abilities to redraw their own legislative maps ahead of upcoming elections, an agency official said Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

US House data not ready until April, states' data after July

The U.S. Census Bureau is aiming to deliver the long-delayed numbers used for divvying up congressional seats by the end of April, but a holdup on redistricting data could disrupt several states’ abilities to redraw their own legislative maps ahead of upcoming elections, an agency official said Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Time, transparency needed as Biden inherits frazzled census

Battered by criticism that the
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Time, transparency needed as Biden inherits frazzled census

Battered by criticism that the
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Time, transparency needed as Biden inherits frazzled census

Battered by criticism that the
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Time, transparency needed as Biden inherits frazzled census

Battered by criticism that the
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Census Bureau director to resign amid criticism over data

Facing criticism that he was acceding to President Donald Trump's demand to produce citizenship information at the expense of data quality, U.S. Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham said Monday that he planned to resign with the change in presidential administrations.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Census Bureau director to resign amid criticism over data

Facing criticism that he was acceding to President Donald Trump's demand to produce citizenship information at the expense of data quality, U.S. Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham said Monday that he planned to resign with the change in presidential administrations.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Census Bureau director to resign amid criticism over data

Facing criticism that he was acceding to President Donald Trump's demand to produce citizenship information at the expense of data quality, U.S. Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham said Monday that he planned to resign with the change in presidential administrations.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Census decision deals blow to Trump efforts on House seats

President Donald Trump's effort to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from being counted in the process for divvying up congressional seats was dealt another blow Wednesday when the Census Bureau's director indefinitely halted an effort to gather data on the citizenship status of every U.S. resident.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Census decision deals blow to Trump efforts on House seats

President Donald Trump's effort to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from being counted in the process for divvying up congressional seats was dealt another blow Wednesday when the Census Bureau's director indefinitely halted an effort to gather data on the citizenship status of every U.S. resident.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Census decision deals blow to Trump efforts on House seats

President Donald Trump's effort to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from being counted in the process for divvying up congressional seats was dealt another blow Wednesday when the Census Bureau's director indefinitely halted an effort to gather data on the citizenship status of every U.S. resident.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Census halts efforts to comply with Trump citizenship order

The director of the U.S. Census Bureau on Wednesday indefinitely halted efforts to comply with President Donald Trump's order demanding data on who is in the country illegally after receiving blowback from civil rights groups and concerns raised by bureau statisticians about the accuracy of such figures.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Advocacy groups demand resignation of Census Bureau chief

A coalition of civil rights groups on Wednesday called for the resignation of U.S. Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham after the bureau's watchdog agency reported that bureau statisticians were being pressured to figure out who is in the U.S. illegally in the waning days of the Trump administration.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Trump appointees pressure Census for report on undocumented

U.S. Census Bureau statisticians are under significant pressure from Trump political appointees to figure out who in the U.S. is in the country illegally, and they're worried that any such report they produce in the waning days of the Trump administration will be inaccurate, according to the bureau's watchdog agency.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Watchdog raises concerns about Census Bureau's IT security

A watchdog agency for the U.S. Census Bureau says that proper information-technology security safeguards weren’t in place leading up to the start of the 2020 census last year, but the statistical agency disputes some of the findings and says no data was compromised.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Watchdog raises concerns about Census Bureau's IT security

A watchdog agency for the U.S. Census Bureau says that proper information-technology security safeguards weren’t in place leading up to the start of the 2020 census last year, but the statistical agency disputes some of the findings and says no data was compromised.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Data snags cause Trump to miss giving Congress census data

The Trump administration missed a deadline for giving Congress numbers used for dividing up congressional seats among the states, as the U.S. Census Bureau works toward fixing data irregularities found during the numbers-crunching phase of the 2020 census.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Data snags cause Trump to miss giving Congress census data

The Trump administration missed a deadline for giving Congress numbers used for dividing up congressional seats among the states, as the U.S. Census Bureau works toward fixing data irregularities found during the numbers-crunching phase of the 2020 census.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Miami coroner reviewing doctor's death 2 weeks after vaccine

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The medical examiner's office in Miami is looking into the death of a doctor who died about two weeks after getting Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, officials said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Attorney: Congressional seat data not ready until February

A Trump administration attorney said Monday that the numbers used for deciding how many congressional seats each state gets won’t be ready until February, putting in jeopardy an effort by President Donald Trump to exclude people in the country illegally from those figures.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Attorney: Congressional seat data not ready until February

A Trump administration attorney said Monday that the numbers used for deciding how many congressional seats each state gets won’t be ready until February, putting in jeopardy an effort by President Donald Trump to exclude people in the country illegally from those figures.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Attorneys want sanctions against DOJ over 2020 census data

Attorneys for a coalition of municipalities and advocacy groups say they plan to seek court sanctions against Trump administration attorneys for refusing to turn over data and documents about the quality of the 2020 census as part of a lawsuit over the once-a-decade count of every U.S. resident.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Census: Early analysis shows falsifying data was rare

Responding to criticism that a shortened schedule jeopardized data quality, the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday said less than a half percent of census takers interviewing households for the 2020 head count may have falsified their work, suggesting such problems were few and far between.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Census: Early analysis shows falsifying data was rare

Responding to criticism that a shortened schedule jeopardized data quality, the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday said less than a half percent of census takers interviewing households for the 2020 head count may have falsified their work, suggesting such problems were few and far between.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Census Bureau to miss deadline, jeopardizing Trump plan

The Census Bureau will miss a year-end deadline for handing in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats, a delay that could undermine President Donald Trump’s efforts to exclude people in the country illegally from the count if the figures aren’t submitted before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Census Bureau to miss deadline, jeopardizing Trump plan

The Census Bureau will miss a year-end deadline for handing in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats, a delay that could undermine President Donald Trump’s efforts to exclude people in the country illegally from the count if the figures aren’t submitted before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

With deadline looming, group wants more census documents

With the Census Bureau days away from likely missing a year-end deadline for turning in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats, President Donald Trump's administration still hasn't turned over documents showing how it's crunching the data on a shortened schedule, according to a coalition of municipal governments and civil …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

With deadline looming, group wants more census documents

With the Census Bureau days away from likely missing a year-end deadline for turning in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats, President Donald Trump's administration still hasn't turned over documents showing how it's crunching the data on a shortened schedule, according to a coalition of municipal governments and civil …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Virus, other problems threaten to throw off homeless census

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The swanky, billion-dollar casinos of Las Vegas are bedecked with shining towers, neon signs and eye-popping extravagance. But directly beneath the glitter, hundreds of homeless people live out of sight, in the dark, in a network of stormwater tunnels running below the city.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Virus, other problems threaten to throw off homeless census

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The swanky, billion-dollar casinos of Las Vegas are bedecked with shining towers, neon signs and eye-popping extravagance. But directly beneath the glitter, hundreds of homeless people live out of sight, in the dark, in a network of stormwater tunnels running below the city.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Virus, other problems threaten to throw off homeless census

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The swanky, billion-dollar casinos of Las Vegas are bedecked with shining towers, neon signs and eye-popping extravagance. But directly beneath the glitter, hundreds of homeless people live out of sight, in the dark, in a network of stormwater tunnels running below the city.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Christmas in Florida: Chilly forecast, falling iguanas

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — With unexpectedly cold weather in the forecast and pandemic-related curfews in some places, Florida is about to have a Christmas unlike any other in recent memory, and it may involve falling iguanas.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Chilly forecast, falling iguanas in store for Florida Xmas

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — With unexpectedly cold weather in the forecast and pandemic-related curfews in some places, Florida is about to have a Christmas unlike any other in recent memory, and it may involve falling iguanas.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

US population growth smallest in at least 120 years

The U.S. population grew by the smallest rate in at least 120 years from 2019 to 2020, according to figures released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau — a trend that demographers say provides a glimpse of the coronavirus pandemic’s toll.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

US population growth smallest in at least 120 years

The U.S. population grew by the smallest rate in at least 120 years from 2019 to 2020, according to figures released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau — a trend that demographers say provides a glimpse of the coronavirus pandemic’s toll.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Census numbers-crunching documents at center of latest fight

A federal judge has rejected an emergency request from the Trump administration that would stop it from being immediately forced to release documents showing how the 2020 census numbers have been crunched in the weeks since the U.S. head count ended in October.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Location, education propel Asian income growth in US

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Asian American households saw the biggest income growth of any racial or ethnic group in the United States over the past decade and a half — almost 8%, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Location, education propel Asian income growth in US

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Asian American households saw the biggest income growth of any racial or ethnic group in the United States over the past decade and a half — almost 8%, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Census Bureau says data irregularities being fixed quickly

The U.S. Census Bureau says the data irregularities that are putting in jeopardy a year-end deadline for turning in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats affect only a tiny percentage of the records and are being resolved as quickly as possible.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

High court takes up census case, as other count issues loom

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's attempt to exclude people living in the country illegally from the population count used to divvy up congressional seats is headed for a post-Thanksgiving Supreme Court showdown.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Texts: US census manager told counters to use fake answers

The texts from an Alabama census supervisor had an urgent tone. “THIS JUST IN ...," one of them began. It then laid out how census takers should fake data to mark households as having only one resident even if they had no idea how many people actually lived there.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Texts: US census manager told counters to use fake answers

The texts from an Alabama census supervisor had an urgent tone. “THIS JUST IN ...," one of them began. It then laid out how census takers should fake data to mark households as having only one resident even if they had no idea how many people actually lived there.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Anomalies found in data put census deadline in jeopardy

The director of the Census Bureau said Thursday that irregularities have been found during the numbers-crunching phase of the 2020 census, a development that jeopardizes the statistical agency’s ability to meet a year-end deadline for handing in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Anomalies found in data puts census deadline in jeopardy

The director of the Census Bureau said Thursday that irregularities have been found during the numbers-crunching phase of the 2020 census, a development that jeopardizes the statistical agency’s ability to meet a year-end deadline for handing in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Census case that led to head count halt heads back to court

A month after the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to end the 2020 head count of every U.S. resident, the case that propelled the ruling was back in a district court Friday, with advocacy groups and the Trump administration heading towards a full trial early next year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Advisory group worried about rural census, crunched timeline

Members of an advisory committee to the U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday that they're concerned rural areas will be undercounted in the
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Census Bureau denies fake data allegations by census workers

The U.S. Census Bureau denied any attempts to systemically falsify information during the 2020 head count used to determine the allocation of congressional seats and federal spending, even as more census takers told The Associated Press they were pressured to do so.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Census Bureau denies fake data allegations by census workers

The U.S. Census Bureau denied any attempts to systemically falsify information during the 2020 head count used to determine the allocation of congressional seats and federal spending, even as more census takers told The Associated Press they were pressured to do so.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Census Bureau: No attempts to systemically falsify data

The U.S. Census Bureau denied any attempts to systemically falsify information during the 2020 head count used to determine the allocation of congressional seats and federal spending, even as more census takers told The Associated Press they were pressured to do so.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

3rd court blocks Trump's order on congressional seat count

A panel of three judges on Friday became the third federal court to rule that President Donald Trump's effort to exclude people in the country illegally from the numbers used for dividing up congressional seats is unlawful.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Florida voters decide whether to raise minimum wage to $15

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida voters on Tuesday were deciding whether to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next six years, which advocates say will lift the pay for hundreds of thousands of workers in the state’s service-heavy economy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Florida voters decide whether to raise minimum wage to $15

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida voters on Tuesday were deciding whether to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next six years, which advocates say will lift the pay for hundreds of thousands of workers in the state’s service-heavy economy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

In service-heavy Florida, minimum wage boost is on ballot

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Joseph Gourgue wishes he could help out his children and grandchildren financially, but his $9 an hour wage as a wheelchair attendant at Orlando International Airport doesn't let him.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

New pink slips bring Disney layoff sum in Florida to 18,000

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Walt Disney World says it plans to lay off more than 11,000 unionized workers because of the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of pandemic-related job casualties at the Florida resort to almost 18,000 positions.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

New pink slips bring Disney layoff sum in Florida to 18,000

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Walt Disney World says it plans to lay off more than 11,000 unionized workers because of the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of pandemic-related job casualties at the Florida resort to almost 18,000 positions.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Lawsuit says census takers were pressured to falsify data

The U.S. Census Bureau was able to claim it had reached 99.9% of households when the 2020 census ended two weeks ago because census takers were pressured to falsify data as the statistical agency cut corners and slashed standards, according to an amended lawsuit from advocacy groups and local governments.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

After high court ruling, DOJ wants census challenges stopped

Now that the Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to end the 2020 census count, the courts should not interfere with efforts to meet a year-end deadline for turning in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats by state, Department of Justice attorneys said recently in court papers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

2nd group of judges blocks Trump order on House seats count

For the second time in two months, a panel of federal judges on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump's effort to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from being counted during the process of divvying up congressional seats by state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Census takers fall short of target goal in areas of US

From tribal lands in Arizona and New Mexico to storm-battered Louisiana, census workers who go door to door were unable to reach all the households they needed for a complete tally of the U.S. population, a count that ended abruptly last week after a
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Census takers fall short of target goal in areas of US

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — From tribal lands in Arizona and New Mexico to storm-battered Louisiana, census workers who go door to door were unable to reach all the households they needed for a complete tally of the U.S. population, a count that ended abruptly last week after a
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

2nd group of judges blocks Trump order on House seats count

For the second time in two months, a panel of federal judges on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump's effort to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from being counted during the process of divvying up congressional seats by state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Census says deadline can be reached with tech, nonstop work

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Technology and working around the clock should allow the U.S. Census Bureau to crunch numbers from the 2020 census in half the time originally allotted, but if the work isn't completed by a year-end deadline, the statistical agency will take the extra time needed to finish …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

After census ruling, judges dismiss part of similar case

A three-judge panel in Maryland has dismissed part of a case challenging the decision of President Donald Trump’s administration to end data collection for the 2020 census early after the Supreme Court ruled the once-a-decade head count can end this week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

After census ruling, judges dismiss part of similar case

A three-judge panel in Maryland has dismissed part of a case challenging the decision of President Donald Trump’s administration to end data collection for the 2020 census early after the Supreme Court ruled the once-a-decade head count can end this week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Scramble to get people counted as 2020 census winds down

Census advocates across the nation made last-ditch efforts Thursday to get as many households to answer the 2020 census, which has been challenged by a pandemic, natural disasters, court fights and the Trump administration's push to have it end a month earlier than planned.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Scramble to get people counted as 2020 census winds down

Census advocates across the nation made last-ditch efforts Thursday to get as many households to answer the 2020 census, which has been challenged by a pandemic, natural disasters, court fights and the Trump administration's push to have it end a month earlier than planned.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Census whiplashed by changing deadlines, accuracy concerns

Shortly after the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can end the 2020 census, a text message went out to field supervisors in Northern California telling them to start collecting the iPhones their census takers use for gathering household information during their door-knocking.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Census whiplashed by changing deadlines, accuracy concerns

Shortly after the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can end the 2020 census, a text message went out to field supervisors in Northern California telling them to start collecting the iPhones their census takers use for gathering household information during their door-knocking.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Supreme Court halts census in latest twist of 2020 count

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the Trump administration can end census field operations early, in a blow to efforts to make sure minorities and hard-to-enumerate communities are properly counted in the crucial once-a-decade tally.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Supreme Court halts census in latest twist of 2020 count

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the Trump administration can end census field operations early, in a blow to efforts to make sure minorities and hard-to-enumerate communities are properly counted in the crucial once-a-decade tally.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Supreme Court halts 2020 census for now

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday has, for now, stopped the once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident from continuing through the end of October.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Statisticians and census takers worry about count's accuracy

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Census Bureau says it has counted 99.9% of the households in the U.S. during the 2020 census, but the nation's largest statistical association, and even the bureau's own census takers and partners, are raising questions about the quality of the data gathered for the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Florida virus deaths surpass 10,000 as teachers, state argue

The number of people in Florida confirmed to have died from the new coronavirus has surpassed 10,000
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Disney changing Splash Mountain, ride tied to Jim Crow film

The Splash Mountain ride at Disney parks in California and Florida is being recast
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Face coverings recommended, but Trump says he won’t wear one

Federal officials stressed that surgical masks and N95 respirators should be left for those on the front lines of fighting the spread of the infection
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Census Day arrives with US almost paralyzed by coronavirus

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Census Day — the date used to reference where a person lives for the once-a-decade count — arrived Wednesday with a nation almost paralyzed by the spread of the novel coronavirus. But census officials vowed the job would be completed by its year-end deadline.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Census Day arrives with US almost paralyzed by coronavirus

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Census Day — the date used to reference where a person lives for the once-a-decade count — arrived Wednesday with a nation almost paralyzed by the spread of the novel coronavirus. But census officials vowed the job would be completed by its year-end deadline.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Almost half of U.S. foreign-born in past decade had college

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Almost half of the foreign-born who moved to the U.S. in the past decade were college-educated, a level of education greatly exceeding immigrants from previous decades, as the arrival of highly skilled workers supplanted workers in fields like construction that shrunk after the Great Recession.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Almost half of U.S. foreign-born in past decade had college

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Almost half of the foreign-born who moved to the U.S. in the past decade were college-educated, a level of education greatly exceeding immigrants from previous decades, as the arrival of highly skilled workers supplanted workers in fields like construction that shrunk after the Great Recession.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Texts, not door-knocks: Census outreach shifts amid virus

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — In tiny Munfordville, Kentucky, the closure of the public library has cut people off from a computer used only for filling out census forms online. In Minneapolis, a concert promoting the once-a-decade count is now virtual. In Orlando, Florida, advocates called off knocking on doors in …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Texts, not door-knocks: Census outreach shifts amid virus

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — In tiny Munfordville, Kentucky, the closure of the public library has cut people off from a computer used only for filling out census forms online. In Minneapolis, a concert promoting the once-a-decade count is now virtual. In Orlando, Florida, advocates called off knocking on doors in …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Texts, not door-knocks: Census outreach shifts amid virus

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — In tiny Munfordville, Kentucky, the closure of the public library has cut people off from a computer used only for filling out census forms online. In Minneapolis, a concert promoting the once-a-decade count is now virtual. In Orlando, Florida, advocates called off knocking on doors in …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Census address work succeeded despite trouble hiring staff

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Even though the U.S. Census Bureau had trouble finding workers for its massive address-verification work late last summer, it managed to complete the job under budget because of better-than-expected productivity of its staffers, according to a new report.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Virus mutes happy hours in senior haven, but golf goes on

THE VILLAGES, Fla. (AP) — Up until a few days ago, residents of The Villages retirement community went about their busy lives filled with spirited happy hours and incessant socializing at what some dub “Disney World for adults."
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US Census Bureau suspends field operations on virus concerns

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A week after starting its 2020 count, the U.S. Census Bureau on Wednesday suspended field operations for two weeks out of concern about the health and safety of its workers and the U.S. public from the novel coronavirus.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Census faces challenges as it aims to hire up to 500,000

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Census Bureau said it has reached its goal of recruiting more than 2.6 million applicants for the once-a-decade head count that launched for most of America this week — but it has been a bumpy road getting there.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Census faces challenges as it aims to hire up to 500,000

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Census Bureau said it has reached its goal of recruiting more than 2.6 million applicants for the once-a-decade head count that launched for most of America this week — but it has been a bumpy road getting there and the new corona virus will …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Census faces challenges as it aims to hire up to 500,000

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Census Bureau said it has reached its goal of recruiting more than 2.6 million applicants for the once-a-decade head count that launched for most of America this week — but it has been a bumpy road getting there and the new corona virus will …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Census Bureau site goes live as counting begins in earnest

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The 2020 census is off and running for much of America now.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Most of U.S. starts answering census questions in next days

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The 2020 census kicked off in rural villages of Alaska in January. Now the rest of the nation gets to start participating in the once-a-decade head count. Here are answers to some frequently asked questions.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Census Bureau site goes live as counting begins in earnest

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The 2020 census is off and running for much of America now.
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Sesame's Count wants to get young children counted in census

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — No age group was undercounted as much during the last once-a-decade census as children under 5, researchers say. Sesame Street is hoping to use Count von Count to change that.
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Sesame's Count wants to get young children counted in census

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — No age group was undercounted as much during the last once-a-decade census as children under 5, researchers say. Sesame Street is hoping to use Count von Count to change that.
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Florida theme parks keep eye on virus as spring break nears

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — As Florida's busy spring break season kicked off this month, coronavirus czar Vice President Mike Pence addressed something that's been on the mind of tens of thousands of families preparing to travel to theme parks: Is it safe?
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Florida theme parks keep eye on virus as spring break nears

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — As Florida's busy spring break season kicked off this month, coronavirus czar Vice President Mike Pence addressed something that's been on the mind of tens of thousands of families preparing to travel to theme parks: Is it safe?
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Facebook drops Trump ads after Pelosi cites census confusion

Facebook on Thursday began taking down ads for the reelection campaign of President Donald Trump that direct people to a survey labeled a “census,” hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said people would confuse it with the once-a-decade head count.
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'Not going to take any chances': Hurricane menaces Florida

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Leaving more than 100 dead in its wake across the Caribbean, Hurricane Matthew steamed toward heavily populated Florida with terrifying winds of 140 mph Thursday, and 2 million people across the Southeast were warned to flee inland.
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50 dead, more than 50 injured at Orlando nightclub in deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history

ORLANDO, Fla. — It had been an evening of drinking, dancing and drag shows. After hours of revelry, the party-goers crowding the gay nightclub known as the Pulse took their last sips before the place closed.
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Explosions rock gas plant

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Zimmerman cleared in shooting of Martin

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Ex-prosecutor knocks Anthony lawyer, jurors

ORLANDO, Fla. - A retired prosecutor from the Casey Anthony murder trial calls her lead attorney "smarmy" in a new book and says he didn't think a jury would ever agree to the death penalty for the Florida mother, who was ultimately acquitted of killing her 2-year-old daughter.
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Judge blocks Florida welfare drug testing law

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Western states lag in recovery

WASHINGTON - Western states hit hardest by the housing crisis are feeling the greatest economic stress two years after the recession ended, according to The Associated Press's monthly analysis.
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On last day in jail, Anthony's future uncertain

ORLANDO, Fla. - Casey Anthony spent her last day in jail Saturday preparing for an uncertain future after nearly three years behind bars.
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Economic stress falls to 18-month low

Job gains around the country offset higher foreclosures and helped reduce the nation's economic stress in October to an 18-month low, according to The Associated Press' monthly analysis.
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Snipes ordered to prison for tax evasion

ORLANDO, Fla. - Actor Wesley Snipes was ordered Wednesday to voluntarily surrender at a federal prison in Pennsylvania next week to begin his three-year sentence for failing to pay taxes.
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More factory jobs ease economic pain

WASHINGTON - Manufacturing job gains in the Midwest helped lower the nation's economic stress in April to its lowest point in five months, according to The Associated Press' monthly analysis of conditions around the country.
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Whale kills trainer as crowd watches in horror

ORLANDO, Fla. - A SeaWorld killer whale snatched a trainer from a poolside platform Wednesday in its jaws and thrashed the woman around underwater, killing her in front of a horrified audience. It marked the third time the animal had been involved in a human death.
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