Texas is among the states that could lose congressional seats and federal funds if undocumented immigrants are excluded from crucial calculations.
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Supreme Court says Trump administration can shut down census count now, despite fears of an undercount
Plaintiffs in the case contend that a shortened timeline would result in an undercount of harder-to-count populations, including immigrants, people of color and lower-income groups, depriving them of funding and representation.
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Appeals court says census count must continue through the end of the month
The government had requested a stay after a federal judge blocked the administration’s efforts to end the count last week and process the data in time to deliver it to the president for apportionment by a statutory deadline of Dec. 31.
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The U.S. census will continue through October, paving the way for more Texans to be counted
Experts say the extension could help the historically undercounted state regain lost ground. Texans are already responding to the census at a substantially lower rate than the national average.
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Federal judge blocks Trump administration from stopping census count next week
A federal judge in California late Thursday ordered that the census count should continue until Oct. 31, the date the Census Bureau had planned on before the administration abruptly shortened the count.
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Federal court blocks Trump effort to exclude undocumented immigrants when congressional seats are divvied up
Trump’s bid to exclude undocumented immigrants from population counts for redistricting could cost Texas three seats in Congress. Thursday’s ruling could still be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Judge temporarily halts efforts to end census count early
The ruling is the first in a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s plans to wind down the count a month early. Democrat-led Harris County joined the challenge last month.
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With time running out, Texas abruptly launches a $15 million ad campaign chasing an accurate census count
After rejecting efforts to spend state money on outreach to help ensure an accurate census count, Republican leaders are now dipping into federal coronavirus relief funds to pay for a last-minute ad campaign.
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Harris County joins federal lawsuit trying to extend time for U.S. census count
After the Trump administration announced an abrupt change to the census deadline, the largest county in Texas is among those suing to keep the count going until October.
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TribCast: Reading the political tea leaves on Biden in Texas and a census undercount
On this week’s TribCast, Alexa talks to Matthew, Patrick and Cassi about the Biden campaign’s recent activity in Texas, the fallout of a census undercount and early indications of what the legislative session might look like in a pandemic.