Hansi Lo Wang (he/him)
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A major census test begins recruiting workers as some warn about delays
The Census Bureau is looking for temporary workers to carry out next year's major field test of the 2030 census in six states, as the national head count's advocates raise concerns about preparations.
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On Nov. 4, Democratic Rep. @ross.house.gov of North Carolina introduced a House bill that calls for all states to make the congressional redistricting process more transparent by requiring a website, public hearings and a detailed public statement about the proposed final plan
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November 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
On Nov. 4, Democratic Rep. @ross.house.gov of North Carolina introduced a House bill that calls for all states to make the congressional redistricting process more transparent by requiring a website, public hearings and a detailed public statement about the proposed final plan
NEW: University of South Florida College Republicans ask a federal judge to rule without a trial that a "new 2020 Census Report" is needed and that the #2030Census can't use a statistical technique to fill in any missing data about group-living quarters, as well as differential privacy protections
Summary Judgment – #50 in University of South Florida College Republicans v. Lutnick (M.D. Fla., 8:25-cv-02486) – CourtListener.com
Summary Judgment
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November 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
NEW: University of South Florida College Republicans ask a federal judge to rule without a trial that a "new 2020 Census Report" is needed and that the #2030Census can't use a statistical technique to fill in any missing data about group-living quarters, as well as differential privacy protections
NEW: The Census Bureau says it's updating its calendar to reschedule data releases delayed by the federal government shutdown
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![Release Schedule Updates
The U.S. Census Bureau today announced updates to its event calendar including 2025 economic indicators that were delayed due to the recent lapse in federal funding.
Revised dates include:
Construction Spending (Construction Put in Place)
August [originally scheduled for 10/1/25] 11/17/25
Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories and Orders (Full Report)
August [originally scheduled for 10/2/25] 11/18/25
International Trade in Goods & Services (FT900)
August [originally scheduled for 10/7/25] 11/19/25
The Census Bureau will continue updating its event calendar and provide information as soon as it becomes available.
For more information on economic indicators, visit our Economic Briefing Room.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eijqdygh72wuei7faamrclpc/bafkreib5rnzklmnxgwtpxewoxlnexqoomrpe3ukxuzfcveiolvunvmfpm4@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
NEW: The Census Bureau says it's updating its calendar to reschedule data releases delayed by the federal government shutdown
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NEW: The U.S. Postal Service proposes raising its shipping prices starting Jan. 18, 2026, to help stabilize its finances. Prices would go up about 6.6% for Priority Mail, 5.1% for Priority Mail Express, 7.8% for USPS Ground Advantage and 6% for Parcel Select
U.S. Postal Service Recommends New Competitive Prices for 2026 - Newsroom - About.usps.com
WASHINGTON — The Postal Service today filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) for Shipping Services price changes to take effect Jan. 18, 2026.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
NEW: The U.S. Postal Service proposes raising its shipping prices starting Jan. 18, 2026, to help stabilize its finances. Prices would go up about 6.6% for Priority Mail, 5.1% for Priority Mail Express, 7.8% for USPS Ground Advantage and 6% for Parcel Select
NEW: "There are no proposals or plans to privatize the Postal Service," Amber McReynolds, chair of the USPS Board of Governors, said at the board's open meeting in response to multiple public comments against selling parts or all of the country's mail service to a private company
Members of the Board of Governors - Who we are - About.usps.com
The current members of the USPS Board of Governors.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
NEW: "There are no proposals or plans to privatize the Postal Service," Amber McReynolds, chair of the USPS Board of Governors, said at the board's open meeting in response to multiple public comments against selling parts or all of the country's mail service to a private company
NEW: The U.S. Postal Service — which generally receives no tax dollars to keep running and relies on stamp and service fees — had a net loss of $9 billion in fiscal year 2025, a $500 million smaller loss than the previous year, CFO Luke Grossmann reported at the USPS governing board's open meeting
Members of the Board of Governors - Who we are - About.usps.com
The current members of the USPS Board of Governors.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
NEW: The U.S. Postal Service — which generally receives no tax dollars to keep running and relies on stamp and service fees — had a net loss of $9 billion in fiscal year 2025, a $500 million smaller loss than the previous year, CFO Luke Grossmann reported at the USPS governing board's open meeting
NEW: The U.S. Postal Service's governing board has re-elected Amber McReynolds as its chair and Derek Kan as vice chair — both Biden nominees — at the board's last open meeting with Roman Martinez IV, the board's only Trump-nominated governor, who is leaving this month
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Members of the Board of Governors - Who we are - About.usps.com
The current members of the USPS Board of Governors.
about.usps.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
NEW: The U.S. Postal Service's governing board has re-elected Amber McReynolds as its chair and Derek Kan as vice chair — both Biden nominees — at the board's last open meeting with Roman Martinez IV, the board's only Trump-nominated governor, who is leaving this month
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NEW: With the federal government shutdown over, the Bureau of Economic Analysis says it's updating its data release schedule and consulting with the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and other data suppliers to "determine the availability of data used to produce our economic indicators"
BEA Advisory: BEA Developing Updated Economic Release Schedule
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November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
NEW: With the federal government shutdown over, the Bureau of Economic Analysis says it's updating its data release schedule and consulting with the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and other data suppliers to "determine the availability of data used to produce our economic indicators"
NEW: The Nevada Supreme Court has revived a state case against six so-called “fake electors” facing felony charges related to efforts to reverse President Trump's 2020 election loss
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November 14, 2025 at 2:08 AM
NEW: The Nevada Supreme Court has revived a state case against six so-called “fake electors” facing felony charges related to efforts to reverse President Trump's 2020 election loss
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NEW: After the death of a US Postal Service maintenance mechanic at a mail distribution center outside Detroit, Democratic Reps. @debbiedingell.house.gov & Rashida Tlaib of Michigan ask Postmaster General David Steiner to respond to these questions by Nov. 27
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November 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
NEW: After the death of a US Postal Service maintenance mechanic at a mail distribution center outside Detroit, Democratic Reps. @debbiedingell.house.gov & Rashida Tlaib of Michigan ask Postmaster General David Steiner to respond to these questions by Nov. 27
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NEW: The House Judiciary Committee is holding a Nov. 19 hearing called “Enumeration or Estimation: Why Inaccurate Census Results Hurt American Citizens,” according to the website of the committee's Democratic members
“Enumeration or Estimation: Why Inaccurate Census Results Hurt American Citizens”
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November 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
NEW: The House Judiciary Committee is holding a Nov. 19 hearing called “Enumeration or Estimation: Why Inaccurate Census Results Hurt American Citizens,” according to the website of the committee's Democratic members
NEW: Republican Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida and Florida's Pinellas County Young Republicans have joined the University of South Florida College Republicans’ lawsuit over the use of a statistical technique to fill in missing 2020 census data after COVID disrupted counting at group-living quarters
Amended Complaint – #43 in University of South Florida College Republicans v. Lutnick (M.D. Fla., 8:25-cv-02486) – CourtListener.com
AMENDED COMPLAINT against All Defendants filed by All Plaintiffs. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Exhibit A, # 2 Certification of Defendants' Consent to Amend)(Rogers, James) (Entered: 11/12/2025)
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November 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
NEW: Republican Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida and Florida's Pinellas County Young Republicans have joined the University of South Florida College Republicans’ lawsuit over the use of a statistical technique to fill in missing 2020 census data after COVID disrupted counting at group-living quarters
NEW: Postmaster General David Steiner tells U.S. Postal Service workers that the mail agency's financial situation is "precarious" & USPS — which relies on stamp & service fees, not tax dollars, to keep running — has plans for more cost-cutting & growing its package services in the coming 12 months
PMG addresses employees in new video – USPS Employee News
Postmaster General David Steiner discusses the Postal Service’s financial and performance expectations and his hopes for the organization’s future in his latest video message to employees.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
NEW: Postmaster General David Steiner tells U.S. Postal Service workers that the mail agency's financial situation is "precarious" & USPS — which relies on stamp & service fees, not tax dollars, to keep running — has plans for more cost-cutting & growing its package services in the coming 12 months
NEW: "We create all these frameworks on how the private sector shares your personal data. I'm not convinced that we the government live up to those same standards on a daily basis," Mark Calabria, US chief statistician at OMB overseeing Census Bureau and other statistical agencies, said at @csis.org
Federal Statistics For Economic Security
YouTube video by Center for Strategic & International Studies
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November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
NEW: "We create all these frameworks on how the private sector shares your personal data. I'm not convinced that we the government live up to those same standards on a daily basis," Mark Calabria, US chief statistician at OMB overseeing Census Bureau and other statistical agencies, said at @csis.org
NEW: The U.S. Supreme Court is set to discuss on Nov. 21 how it will handle a North Dakota case and a Mississippi case on whether private individuals and groups — whose lawsuits have been the main way of enforcing Voting Rights Act’s Section 2 — can keep suing
November 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
NEW: The U.S. Supreme Court is set to discuss on Nov. 21 how it will handle a North Dakota case and a Mississippi case on whether private individuals and groups — whose lawsuits have been the main way of enforcing Voting Rights Act’s Section 2 — can keep suing
On Oct. 31, Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, whose district was redrawn in the state's new congressional district map, introduced the fourth bill in Congress that would ban redrawing U.S. House districts more than once a decade unless ordered by a court
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November 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
On Oct. 31, Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, whose district was redrawn in the state's new congressional district map, introduced the fourth bill in Congress that would ban redrawing U.S. House districts more than once a decade unless ordered by a court
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NEW: The governing board of the U.S. Postal Service — which generally receives no tax dollars to keep running and relies on stamp and service fees — is set to meet Nov. 14 to discuss fiscal year 2025 finances and elect a chair and vice chair
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November 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
NEW: The governing board of the U.S. Postal Service — which generally receives no tax dollars to keep running and relies on stamp and service fees — is set to meet Nov. 14 to discuss fiscal year 2025 finances and elect a chair and vice chair
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NEW: #2030Census advocates led by The Census Project urge Congress to strike a House funding bill provision that would take away the Census Bureau’s ability to “inquire” more than twice to get a survey response, a change that they say would "adversely affect the quality and availability" of data
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October 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
NEW: #2030Census advocates led by The Census Project urge Congress to strike a House funding bill provision that would take away the Census Bureau’s ability to “inquire” more than twice to get a survey response, a change that they say would "adversely affect the quality and availability" of data
NEW: Democratic Sens. @padilla.senate.gov and @schiff.senate.gov call for the Justice Department to cancel its plan to send federal election observers to polling sites at five counties in central and southern California after a request from the state's Republican Party
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October 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
NEW: Democratic Sens. @padilla.senate.gov and @schiff.senate.gov call for the Justice Department to cancel its plan to send federal election observers to polling sites at five counties in central and southern California after a request from the state's Republican Party
Mail-in voters who haven't returned ballots yet: Check your state's deadline to make sure your vote gets counted.
If your ballot must be received by Election Day, consider stopping by a ballot drop box or early voting site. It may be too late for the U.S. Postal Service to deliver it by Nov. 4...
If your ballot must be received by Election Day, consider stopping by a ballot drop box or early voting site. It may be too late for the U.S. Postal Service to deliver it by Nov. 4...
Table 11: Receipt and Postmark Deadlines for Absentee/Mail Ballots
Summary of the state deadlines for when election officials must receive absentee/mailed ballots and postmark deadlines.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Mail-in voters who haven't returned ballots yet: Check your state's deadline to make sure your vote gets counted.
If your ballot must be received by Election Day, consider stopping by a ballot drop box or early voting site. It may be too late for the U.S. Postal Service to deliver it by Nov. 4...
If your ballot must be received by Election Day, consider stopping by a ballot drop box or early voting site. It may be too late for the U.S. Postal Service to deliver it by Nov. 4...
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We're talking to @npr.org's @hansilowang.bsky.social and @cookpolitical.com's Erin Covey about how a weakened Voting Rights Act and escalating efforts to redistrict along partisan lines could affect election outcomes in the future.
❓Are you voting yes or no on Prop. 50? Why?
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We're talking to @npr.org's @hansilowang.bsky.social and @cookpolitical.com's Erin Covey about how a weakened Voting Rights Act and escalating efforts to redistrict along partisan lines could affect election outcomes in the future.
❓Are you voting yes or no on Prop. 50? Why?
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Voting Rights Under Scrutiny as Redistricting Wars Escalate | KQED
We look at how the escalating efforts to redistrict along partisan lines could affect election outcomes in 2026 and beyond.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to @npr.org's @hansilowang.bsky.social and @cookpolitical.com's Erin Covey about how a weakened Voting Rights Act and escalating efforts to redistrict along partisan lines could affect election outcomes in the future.
❓Are you voting yes or no on Prop. 50? Why?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to @npr.org's @hansilowang.bsky.social and @cookpolitical.com's Erin Covey about how a weakened Voting Rights Act and escalating efforts to redistrict along partisan lines could affect election outcomes in the future.
❓Are you voting yes or no on Prop. 50? Why?
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A judge has indefinitely halted thousands of layoffs of federal employees announced by the Trump administration since Oct. 1.
Judge indefinitely halts shutdown layoffs noting human toll
A federal judge in San Francisco has indefinitely halted thousands of layoffs of federal employees announced by the Trump administration since Oct. 1.
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October 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
A judge has indefinitely halted thousands of layoffs of federal employees announced by the Trump administration since Oct. 1.
NEW: @retiredams.bsky.social & 2 University of Central Florida students want to defend the Census Bureau in the University of South Florida College Republicans' lawsuit over the use of a statistical technique to fill in missing 2020 census data after COVID disrupted counting at group-living quarters
Intervene – #29 in University of South Florida College Republicans v. Lutnick (M.D. Fla., 8:25-cv-02486) – CourtListener.com
Intervene
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October 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
NEW: @retiredams.bsky.social & 2 University of Central Florida students want to defend the Census Bureau in the University of South Florida College Republicans' lawsuit over the use of a statistical technique to fill in missing 2020 census data after COVID disrupted counting at group-living quarters
On Oct. 24, an Arizona state judge declined to dismiss a Republican National Committee lawsuit that claims a 20-year-old state law allowing U.S. citizens who were born abroad and have never lived in the United States to vote in federal and state elections violates the Arizona Constitution
Republican Party of Arizona - 2025-10-24 Under Advisement Ruling (CV2025-022859)
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October 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
On Oct. 24, an Arizona state judge declined to dismiss a Republican National Committee lawsuit that claims a 20-year-old state law allowing U.S. citizens who were born abroad and have never lived in the United States to vote in federal and state elections violates the Arizona Constitution
NEW: The congressional gerrymandering war spreads to New York with a lawsuit by a group of New York City voters represented by @eliaslawgroup.bsky.social, claiming that the state's 11th Congressional District violates New York's voting rights act
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October 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
NEW: The congressional gerrymandering war spreads to New York with a lawsuit by a group of New York City voters represented by @eliaslawgroup.bsky.social, claiming that the state's 11th Congressional District violates New York's voting rights act
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