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AAt our 2/27 symposium on demographic change at the University of Texas at El Paso, former state demographer and U.S. Census Bureau directdor Steve Murdock discussed how population shifts will affect public policy.

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At our Feb. 27 symposium on the effects of demographic change in Texas, held on the University of Texas at El Paso campus, former state demographer Steve Murdock, a past director of the U.S. Census Bureau, discussed how population shifts, current and future, will affect public policy. 

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