Washington legislature to address the gender pay gap
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Since 2004, the gender wage gap has only closed by 2 percent. In Washington, a man earns a little over $65,000 annually, while a woman only earns around…
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Spokane's annual Point-in-Time Count begins Thursday
SPOKANE CO., Wash. -- Spokane's annual Point-in-Time Count begins Thursday. The count is essentially a point-in-time census of the homeless population in Spokane County. This census is conducted every year to give every federally-funded community a snapshot of homelessness where…
Census outreach in high gear for Native groups across WA
The pandemic has been just another hurdle for tribal leaders and organizations working hard to improve historically low counts in Native American communities.
Idaho, 6 other states report highest census response rate
The U.S. Census Bureau has reported that Idaho is among six other states and Puerto Rico with the highest overall census response rate.
Point-In-Time count has record number of volunteers assisting in homelessness census effort
Organizers with the City of Spokane said they have more volunteers than any year previous.
Volunteers to conduct Spokane's annual homeless survey Thursday night
Volunteers will take to Spokane streets on Thursday night to help conduct the city's annual Point-in-Time count.
Census takers needed in Spokane ahead of 2020 census
The upcoming census is a little more than six months out. Depending on how much the population has increased or decreased, it'll determine how billions of dollars in federal money is divided for the next 10 years across the country.
Federal judge permanently blocks citizenship question from census
A New York federal judge has issued an order definitively blocking the Trump administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census in any form, despite the administration's insistence it has abandoned plans to add a question on the census.
DOJ says it plans to print census without citizenship question
The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will not ask about citizenship status on the 2020 census, backing off a contentious effort to reinstate the question over objections from opponents who successfully argued to the Supreme Court that it would disenfranchise minority gro
Trump 'looking at' delay on census
President Donald Trump said Monday his administration is
Over 7.5 million people now live in Washington state
Over 7.5 million people call Washington state home.
Supreme Court divided over citizenship question on census
Supreme Court justices were deeply divided Tuesday over whether the Trump administration can add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, with the conservative justices showing signs that they were inclined to vote in favor of allowing the question.
Supreme Court will hear arguments over census citizenship question
The Supreme Court wades into a bitter controversy on Tuesday over whether the Trump administration can ask all recipients a citizenship question on the 2020 census for the first time since 1950.
John Roberts faces another test with census case
Chief Justice John Roberts has tried to offer ballast in today's political turmoil, asserting the independence of the judiciary and rebuking President Donald Trump's suggestion that Republican justices will automatically rule for him, and Democratic ones will do the opposite.
Third federal judge blocks census citizenship question
Another federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
2 versions of Census prepared, with and without citizenship question
The Census Bureau said Monday that it has prepared two versions of the paper and electronic survey for next year: one including the citizenship question and one without it.
Supreme Court will hear 2 critical partisan gerrymander cases
On the eve of the next census, which will trigger most legislatures across the country to draw new congressional district lines, the Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear two cases that could fundamentally impact how those maps are drawn.
Commerce Secretary says he didn't mislead Congress
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Thursday that his congressional testimony on adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census has been truthful, even displaying a series of photographs in rebuttal to Democrats who argue otherwise.
Second federal court strikes citizenship question from 2020 census
A second federal judge on Wednesday blocked a citizenship question from appearing on the 2020 census, writing in his opinion that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross had "ignored" federal law when he "insisted upon adding the citizenship question to the census."
Supreme Court agrees to take up 2020 census case
The Supreme Court said Friday that it would take up a case this term to decide whether the Trump administration can add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
Judge allows citizenship question on 2020 census
A federal judge ruled late Friday she is unconvinced of an immediate need to block a citizenship question from the 2020 census over privacy concerns.
Supreme Court to hear case related to census citizenship question
The US Supreme Court said on Friday that it will take up a case related to the decision to include a question about citizenship on the next census.
Census citizenship trial slated to begin
The Justice Department is set to defend the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census as a trial over the issue opens in federal court in New York on Monday.
Census research shows citizenship question may be 'a major barrier'
The Census Bureau's own researchers are warning what critics of the controversial citizenship question have long contended, that it will lead to lower response rates on the 2020 census, CNN has learned.
