Missing the Dec. 31 deadline for turning in the apportionment numbers would be a blow to President Trump’s efforts to control how many congressional seats each state gets and how $1.5 trillion in federal spending is distributed.
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Census Bureau denies fake data allegations by census workers
Workers say they were told to make up answers about households where they were unable to get information.
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Census takers fall short of target goal in areas of U.S.
From tribal lands in the Southwest to storm-battered Louisiana, the U.S. Census Bureau did not achieve its goal of reaching 99% of households during the 2020 census.
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Supreme Court allows Trump officials to end 2020 Census count early
The ruling comes as the nation’s largest statistical association, and even the bureau’s own census takers and partners, have been raising questions about the quality of the data being gathered.
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Our View: Maine can’t afford an inaccurate census
Even a small undercount would result in a hit to our state budget at a very bad time.
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Court blocks Trump order to exclude undocumented immigrants from census count
A three-judge panel out of New York ruled that the Census requires a count of every person residing in the United States and the president’s memorandum would violate a statute governing apportionment.
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Where U.S. small businesses are feeling the most pandemic pain
The latest Small Business Pulse Survey by the Census Bureau offers a glimpse of how small U.S. firms see their prospects.
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Our View: Maine will lose out if census is cut short
In-person counting may end early, affecting the allocation of funding and power in rural states like ours where the response rate is lagging.
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Census Bureau says counting will end month earlier than planned
The accelerated timeline raises concerns about accuracy and fairness.
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Another View: President’s new census ploy both divisive and dumb
You can’t estimate unauthorized immigrants and deduct that number from population data while divvying up House seats.