AR: Census
Report: Rural Diversity in U.S. Up Nearly 20 Percent
A version of this report originally appeared on The Daily Yonder.Broadcast version by Emily Scott for Arkansas News Service for the Public News Servic…
ACLU Appealing Dismissal of Challenge to AR Redistricting Map
The ACLU of Arkansas is appealing a decision by a federal judge who dismissed a challenge to a new state House map, saying the plan hurts Black …
Lawsuit: New AR House Map Weakens Black Voting Power
A redistricting challenge in Arkansas gets its first court hearing this month. The lawsuit claims the Arkansas Board of Apportionment's new voting-…
AR Groups: New House, Senate Maps Break Up Communities
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The Arkansas Board of Apportionment has approved its House and Senate district maps based on 2020 U.S. Census data, and voting-…
Redistricting Comment Period Open for AR House, Senate Maps
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The Arkansas Board of Apportionment (BOA) is seeking public comment after revealing its proposed state House and Senate voting-…
AR Group Petitioning to Overturn Congressional Redistricting Map
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- A voting-rights coalition is pushing to overturn Arkansas' new congressional maps approved by the state Legislature this month…
AR Advocates Want to Ensure Community Voice Heard During Redistricting
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Arkansas has less than a month until it receives user-friendly census data to help draw state and congressional district maps…
Census Workers to Begin Visiting Households
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Census workers will hit the ground in person next month, gearing up efforts to contact households that have not yet responded to …
Counting Kids in Census Critical to Combat Effects of Pandemic
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Arkansas households can fill out their 2020 Census form online or by phone; that's the message children's advocacy groups want …
As Pandemic Continues, Concern Immigrants Could Be Missed in Census
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The COVID-19 pandemic is making efforts to ensure immigrants in the state are all accounted for in the 2020 Census more …
U.S. Census Suspends Field Operations
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The U.S. Census Bureau is temporarily suspending field operations to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. Federal law …
Arkansas Children Continue to Lag Behind in Child Well-being
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – In Arkansas, 28,000 fewer children are living in poverty than in 2010, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation's 2018 …