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. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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Trump administration lawyers affirm fight over census isn't over
The government has begun printing the census forms without the question, and that process will continue, administration officials said. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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U.S. Supreme Court puts census citizenship question on hold
The court's ruling said the Trump administration had provided a “contrived” reason for wanting the information. Full Story
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How a Supreme Court decision on the census citizenship question could affect representation in Texas
The U.S. Supreme Court could soon alter the political future of Texas when it decides whether the Trump administration can ask about citizenship on the upcoming census. Full Story
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Texas gained almost nine Hispanic residents for every additional white resident last year
New census estimates show Texas' Hispanic population growth continues to surpass white population growth, with Hispanics on pace to soon represent a plurality. Full Story
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Texas at center of new evidence suggesting census citizenship question was pushed to help Republicans
An analysis of the Texas House was among the evidence submitted in federal court as part of the legal fight over the addition of a citizenship question on the census. Full Story
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Texas demographer: Census citizenship question isn't necessary
Responsible for providing population projections for the state, Lloyd Potter said citizenship information is not needed “for the purposes of the census." Full Story
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Where is Texas’ growing population coming from?
Texas is growing at a rate of 1,000 people per day, and for the second year in a row, most of the people who moved to the state came from other countries in 2018. And the biggest growth in international migration isn't from Latin America. Full Story
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Dallas-Fort Worth metro area saw biggest population growth in Texas in 2018
New population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show Texas dominated in growth, with suburban counties leading the way as the fastest growing. Full Story
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Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s plan to add citizenship question to 2020 census, according to report
The judge wrote that the "unreasonableness of Defendants’ addition of a citizenship question to the Census is underscored by the lack of any genuine need for the citizenship question." Full Story
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TribCast: Kel Seliger’s Senate fight, Beto O'Rourke's “funk”
On this week’s Texas Tribune TribCast, Emily talks to Emma, Patrick and Alexa about a nasty fight in the Texas Senate, Beto O’Rourke’s self-described “funk” and the legal debate over a citizenship question in the 2020 census. Full Story
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Trump administration asks U.S. Supreme Court to quickly take up census citizenship question
Last week, a federal judge in New York ordered the administration to stop its plans to add the question to the survey. Full Story
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Texans fighting citizenship question on 2020 census are headed to court. Here's what you need to know.
A group of Texans is headed to court in hopes of blocking the Trump administration from including a citizenship question on the 2020 census. Here's a primer on the legal fight and what it could mean for the state. Full Story
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Federal judge rules against Trump administration’s push for citizenship question on 2020 Census
The case is likely headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Full Story
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