Issue: U.S. Census Bureau
Arizona school funding still lagging, report shows
State funding for Arizona’s kindergarten to grade 12 public school system remains nearly 14 percent below what it was before the Great Recession hit in 2007, according to an analysis...
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Arizona voters should reject big green tax on poor
Liberals love to talk about helping the poor and the middle class, so why are they pushing one of the most regressive taxes in modern times? Proposition 127 would require...
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Bipartisan support needed for U.S Mexico Canada Trade Agreement
I had the honor of attending the discussion at the White House on the U.S Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) recently. In attendance were Hispanic leaders from across the nation, and...
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Candidates can start gathering signatures for state, federal office
Candidates for Congress and the state Legislature can now collect signatures for office using the current redistricting lines for the 2022 election. Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday signed SB1107 into law, a bill...
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Census data for redistricting, apportionment delayed
The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission won’t be able to draw new boundaries for congressional and legislative districts until the summer at the earliest due to a delay of the U.S....
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Census reports overcount of Asians was highest
Census says no more seats in Congress for Arizona
Arizona is not going to get more representation in Washington. And one political demographer said it may be because some Hispanics chose not to respond to the decennial survey. The...
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Ducey wants immigration question in next census
Last call for the count – get engaged in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census is happening now and with the count ending in a matter of weeks, we’re encouraging every Arizonan to be part of our complete count. [caption id="attachment_245908" align="alignleft"...
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Latino city in Arizona grew, but census says it shrank
Making competitive political districts ‘complicated’
The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission will as soon as August 10 decide the metrics it will use to determine “competitiveness” of the new congressional and legislative districts. The IRC’s mapping firm...
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Mapping commission struggles to gain momentum
The theme of the 2021 Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission is delay, as commissioners opted to push every meaningful agenda item back an additional week after the U.S. Census Bureau data...
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Pandemic magnifies importance of accurate census count
When the Maricopa Association of Governments and its 27-member jurisdictions began planning for the 2020 Census more than 18 months ago, we knew focusing on how census data impacts federal...
