2020 Census
Harris County’s Population Grew More Than 15% In The Last Decade
Posted on · Houston remains the fourth-largest city in the country, and its population growth lagged the county as a whole.
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Politics
Harris County To Challenge Early Census Cutoff
Posted on · Harris County Commissioners voted to file a friend of the court brief against the Trump administration’s move to end the Census count on September 30 instead of October 31
Houston Matters
Tuesday’s Show: Emergency Medicine In A Pandemic, And Fort Bend Co. Judge KP George (April 21, 2020)
Posted on · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: How the pandemic is affecting emergency medicine, Fort Bend County Judge KP George answers questions, how a delay in census counting might affect Texas redistricting, and Dacamera adapts to bring its music to audiences at home.
Houston Matters
COVID-19 Slows The Census Count, And A Truck Full Of Toilet Paper Goes Up In Flames: The Good, Bad, And Ugly Of The News
Posted on · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
Houston Matters
Thursday’s Show: How The Pandemic Affects The Census, And Answers To Your Questions About Sleep (April 2, 2020)
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: The pandemic's affect on the 2020 Census, answers to your questions about sleep and sleep disorders, and Bob Schneider perform two songs.
inDepth
Judge Hidalgo: COVID-19 Is Hindering Census Count
Posted on · Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo says an accurate census count is critical to getting the federal services the county will need to recover.
Houston Matters
Thursday’s Show: Democrats Take On The DA, And Where Senate Candidates Stand On Health Care (Feb. 20, 2020)
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: Kim Ogg faces criticism from her own party, why some Houstonians are afraid to participate in the census, where the candidates for U.S. Senate stand on health care, what makes a good workplace, and Beethoven’s 250th birthday.
Politics
Texas House Holds Redistricting Hearings In Houston
Posted on · Lawmakers must draw new district lines during the 2021 legislative session, following the next Census.
News
US Census Bureau Starts Canvassing In Some Houston Neighborhoods
Posted on · Census workers are going door-to-door to verify addresses for the upcoming population count.
Local
Houston City Council Map Could Change After 2020 Census
Posted on · District E’s councilmember is calling for the city to take another look at Kingwood and Clear Lake.
Politics
Control Of Texas Legislature, Redistricting May Split In 2020
Posted on · Democrats only need to win a net nine seats to retake control of the state House of Representatives.
Texas
Some Fear Undercount As Texas Decides Not To Spend Money On 2020 Census
Posted on · Despite the fact that the state has experienced massive population growth in the past decade, officials in Texas have decided not to allocate money or make statewide plans for the upcoming census.
National
Trump Administration To Print 2020 Census Without Citizenship Question
Posted on · The move comes shortly after the Supreme Court ruled to keep the question off census forms for now.
Politics
What SCOTUS Rulings On Gerrymandering, Census Mean For Texas
Posted on · The U.S. Supreme Court blocked federal courts from policing partisan gerrymandering and put the issue of a citizenship question on the 2020 Census on hold.
National
2020 Census Could Lead To Worst Undercount Of Black, Latinx People In 30 Years
Posted on · Public debate over a potential citizenship question and immigration enforcement, combined with the census going online, threatens an accurate head count, according to research by the Urban Institute.