Immigration
Supreme Court Punts In Census Case, Says It’s Premature To Decide The Issue
Posted on · The opinion said the case was "riddled with contingencies and speculation that impede judicial review."
Tag: census
National
Court Order Keeps Census In Limbo As Counting End Date Looms
Posted on · After the Trump administration missed a filing deadline for court documents, a judge has ordered the wrap-up of the census to remain on hold, throwing door-knocking efforts further into uncertainty.
Texas
An Abrupt Change To The Census Deadline Shortened The Response Period By A Month, Increasing Fears Of An Undercount In Texas
Posted on · The Census Bureau on Monday lopped a month off the time people have to respond to the 2020 count. Texas is already lagging behind the country in response rates, with low-income and Hispanic Texans at high risk of being missed.
National
With No Final Say, Trump Wants To Change Who Counts For Dividing Up Congress’ Seats
Posted on · The president is calling for unauthorized immigrants to be excluded from census numbers used to divide seats in Congress. The Constitution says the count must include every person living in the U.S.
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.
In-Depth
COVID-19 Undermines Houston’s Unprecedented Census Investment
Posted on · The outbreak could mean more of the region’s population won’t be counted, as millions of dollars of federal funds are on the line.
News
Census Bureau To Recruit 5,000 Workers In Houston For 2020 Survey
Posted on · The citizenship question the Trump administration wanted to ask will not be included in the forms.
Top Stories
Texas Still Has Highest Percentage Of Uninsured In US, Oil Tycoon T. Boone Pickens Dies At Age 91, And America Vows To ‘Never Forget’ 9/11
Posted on · These are some of the stories Houston Public Media is covering.
Texas
State Lawmakers Begin Taking Public Input As They Prepare To Redraw Political Maps In 2021
Posted on · The last time lawmakers drew up political boundaries for the Texas Legislature and U.S. Congress, in 2011, courts found they intentionally discriminated against racial minorities.
News
Trump Orders Agencies To Share Data On Noncitizens
Posted on · The administration has been in a legal fight for more than a year to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census. It has been blocked by the Supreme Court for now.
National
Supreme Court Leaves Citizenship Question Blocked For Now From 2020 Census
Posted on · The decision comes more than a year after the Trump administration announced plans to include on forms for the national head count the question, "Is this person a citizen of the United States?"
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.
City of Houston
Houston Will Spend $650,000 To Boost 2020 Census Outreach
Posted on · If the population is undercounted, billions of dollars in federal funding could be at stake.