2020 census
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Public hearing Monday for Missouri House district maps
For the state commission drawing new Missouri House districts, the work began in acrimony but seems likely to end in…
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City ward reduction will take effect as planned, Jones assures
ST. LOUIS – The voter-approved plan to cut the number of city wards to 14 from 28 will soon take…
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Missouri redistricting panels pushing up against deadline
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — The commissions in charge of redrawing Missouri’s state House and Senate districts based on new census…
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Partisan tensions flare on Missouri redistricting panels
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Partisan tensions have been flaring on a pair of commissions in charge of redrawing Missouri’s state…
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U.S. population center moves 11.8 miles; still in Missouri
HARTVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Some people might describe Hartville, Mo., as being in the middle of nowhere, but the U.S.…
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Will children count? State panels debate new House, Senate districts
Before slavery ended in 1865, large numbers of Missourians didn’t count in the population base used to allocate the seats…
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Missouri’s 1st, 2nd Districts could be redistricting targets
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The exodus from St. Louis city to the suburbs could mean changes for the area’s congressional…
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Census numbers set up redistricting fight over growing suburbs
The once-a-decade battle over redistricting is set to be a showdown over the suburbs, as new census data released Thursday…
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Five takeaways from the release of 2020 census data
The Census Bureau issued on Thursday its long-awaited portrait of how the U.S. has changed over the past decade, releasing…
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Missouri suburbs, Kansas City area show most growth since 2010
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Suburbs in general and the Kansas City area in particular saw the most population growth in…
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Politics
Legislative redistricting process gets off to rocky start
For hours on Tuesday, the bipartisan commission established to draw new Missouri House districts couldn’t agree on anything. Over and…
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Politics
Census data reveal slow growth, power shifts in U.S.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. population growth has slowed to the lowest rate since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the…
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As young adults move, they’re reshaping political geography
Garima Vyas always wanted to live in a big city. She thought about New York, long the destination for 20-something…
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Coronavirus
Census data delay throws states into chaos
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Census Bureau won’t be releasing population data needed to redraw state legislative and congressional district boundaries…
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Coronavirus
Census, congressional seat data unready until February
The numbers used for deciding how many congressional seats each state gets wouldn’t be ready until mid-February at the earliest,…
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Coronavirus
Census Bureau will miss deadline
The Census Bureau will miss a year-end deadline for handing in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats, a delay…
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Coronavirus
Virus, other problems threaten to throw off homeless census
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The swanky, billion-dollar casinos of Las Vegas are bedecked with shining towers, neon signs and eye-popping…
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Supreme Court seems skeptical of Trump’s census plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sounded skeptical Monday that President Donald Trump could categorically exclude people living in the…
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Coronavirus
Census Bureau denies workers’ allegations of faked data
The U.S. Census Bureau denied any attempts to systemically falsify information during the 2020 head count used to determine the…
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Census takers were told to enter false data, they say
Two census takers in different states told The Associated Press that their supervisors pressured them to enter false information into…
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Justices to weigh Trump census plan to exclude noncitizens
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up President Donald Trump’s policy, blocked by a lower court,…
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Coronavirus
Supreme Court halts census in latest twist of 2020 count
The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s administration can stop census field operations early, ending a lawsuit…
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Coronavirus
2020 census must continue for another month, U.S. judge rules; St. Louis lags
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge has stopped the 2020 census from finishing at month’s end and suspended a…
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Coronavirus
Census Bureau must pause winding down of operations
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Census Bureau must for now stop following a plan that would have it winding…
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City Hall hosts 2020 Census workers to help residents
CITY HALL – Residents visiting City Hall can take care of local business and also another vital task: Filling out…
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Coronavirus
Census Bureau adds emails, phone calls to door-knocking
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — If you haven’t filled out the 2020 census form yet, you may be getting an email,…
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Census workers to start knocking on doors
ST. LOUIS – The city is lagging in the 2020 Census, and it’s vital that residents pick up the pace…
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Coronavirus
Blacks, Hispanics falling behind in census response
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Halfway through the extended effort to count every U.S. resident, civil rights leaders worry that members…
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Business
Kewson, Echols livestream neighborhood COVID-19 session
CITY HALL – Mayor Lyda Krewson, with the help of Health Director Dr. Fredrick Echols, answered questions in a live-streamed…
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Coronavirus
U.S. census stirs uncertainty for those displaced by virus
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — It’s not meant to be a trick question, but many filling out their 2020 U.S. census…
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