Media Clips by NUNA 08/04/20

The U.S. Census Bureau announced yesterday that they will cease field data collection by September 30 of this year, a month sooner than previously announced. Roughly 4 out of 10 households nationwide are currently uncounted in the Census, and the shortened schedule...

Media Clips by NUNA 08/03/20

The Department of the Interior is appealing a federal judge’s ruling that blocked it from rescinding a reservation designation for land belonging to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe in Massachusetts. Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Chairman Cedric Cromwell was notified in late...

Media Clips by NUNA 07/31/20

NPR reported last night that the Census Bureau is cutting non-response follow up (NRFU) short by a month. The NPR report confirmed with three census employees that NRFU will end on  September 30, not October 31, which the Census Bureau previously indicated in April...

Media Clips by NUNA 07/30/20

Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy announced on Tuesday that all visitors to Alaska will have to present a negative result on a COVID-19 test performed within 72 hours of their arrival, effective August 11. This marks a shift from the current policy which allows visitors...

Media Clips by NUNA 07/29/20

While the Trump Administration appears to be abandoning its request for a COVID-19 related deadline extension for the 2020 Census, officials at the Census Bureau warn that it is already too late to have the numbers ready without an extension, and outside experts...

Media Clips by NUNA 07/28/20

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell released the Republican version of a second stimulus bill, calling it the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection, and Schools (HEALS) Act. The bill would provide another $1,200 stimulus check to the same group of...