Mainers among the worst in providing answers to U.S. Census

State lags well behind the national average.

Texts, not door-knocks: Census outreach shifts under social distancing guidelines

The coronavirus has waylaid efforts to get as many people as possible to take part in the census.

Census Bureau site goes live as counting begins in earnest

The 2020 census is off and running now that the questionnaire is available on the U.S. Census Bureau website

Fear of ICE raids during census could hamper count of immigrants

Outreach organizations fear that Trump administration officials may try to deport the immigrant communities they need to count.

Stacey Abrams, who called loss in Georgia race tainted, warns Maine audience of voter suppression

Abrams, the first black woman in U.S. history to win a major party gubernatorial nomination, speaks to 900 in Portland.

Not on U.S. census form, but brawl over citizenship question continues

All the lawsuits touch on whether the number of citizens will be used for redistricting or apportionment.

Portland Adult Education to help in census outreach

Census report: U.S. growth will slow as population ages

The United States will add 79 million people in the next 40 years, but growth will slow down as the U.S population gets older.

State says it won’t provide driver’s license information to Census Bureau

The Census Bureau has asked officials from every state for driver's license data, including citizenship information

Government lawyers step up effort to get citizenship question on 2020 Census

The Justice and Commerce departments have been ‘instructed to examine whether there is a path forward’ for the question, say government lawyers in a court filing.