Local governments, nonprofits and churches are stepping into the organizational void left after Republican Texas lawmakers shot down any significant funding for state efforts to avoid an undercount in the 2020 census.
U.S. Census Bureau
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Demographics
Texas isn’t providing major support for the 2020 Census. Local officials and nonprofits say they will instead.
Several nonprofits, local governments and philanthropy organizations have formed Texas Counts, a coalition aimed at ensuring an accurate census count in 2020, which could affect representation in Congress and billions in federal funding.
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Demographics
Texas considering whether to hand driver’s license, citizenship information to Census Bureau
The Texas Department of Public Safety received a request for the information earlier this month but has taken no action.
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Health care
Texas has the most people without health insurance in the nation — again
For the second year in a row, the number of Texans without health insurance increased, and fewer people enrolled in Medicaid.
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Demographics
Snubbed by Texas lawmakers, local officials look to children for help to avoid a census undercount
Hoping to avoid an undercount of thousands of Hispanic and black Texans, Dallas, Harris and Hidalgo counties believe getting children engaged can bring families to participate in the 2020 census.
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Demographics
Trump will no longer push to add citizenship question to 2020 census, ending a heated standoff
Instead, the president said he is ordering every federal agency to give the Commerce Department records on the numbers of citizens and noncitizens.
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Higher Education
UT-Austin will provide free tuition to undergrad students with family incomes below $65,000 starting in 2020
The UT System allocated $160 million of its oil money for the project.
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Demographics
Government lawyers affirm fight over 2020 census isn’t over, according to statement to judge
The government has begun printing the census forms without the question, and that process will continue, administration officials said.
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Demographics
2020 census will not include citizenship question, DOJ confirms
The decision to back away from the controversial question was a victory for civil rights advocates.
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Census citizenship question ruling sets up legal path for Texans fighting the question
The U.S. Supreme Court threw the inclusion of a citizenship question on the census in doubt, but another legal challenge with Texas ties could bring an end to the controversy.
