Harrisonburg City Council approved a staff-drafted letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce opposing proposed changes to census residency criteria that could exclude noncitizen residents and students and reduce the city’s federal funding allocations.

Lake County’s community development administrator told the legislative committee the proposed census changes could reduce population-based formulas that determine HUD entitlement dollars; he cited an approximate county entitlement figure and urged including funding impacts in the county comment.

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The board passed a resolution urging reconsideration of a federal proposal to count residency using a January–April time frame, with members warning it would shift population counts for seasonal residents and reduce federal allocations to Wisconsin and Marathon County.

The board adopted a resolution opposing a proposed federal rule that would exclude many noncitizen residents from apportionment counts, ban race and ethnicity questions and rely more on tax records; demographer Megan Gall warned the changes would worsen child undercounts and impair civil‑rights enforcement and federal funding allocations.

House Bill 36 19 passed the committee 6–2 to create a statewide framework for standardized geographic data, biannual or annual leaf-off aerial imagery (subject to funding), and a working group to develop standards intended to improve census accuracy and emergency services.

Officials voice opposition to federal role in local elections and immigration counting policies.

Cambridge prepares updated address database for 2028 census following zoning reforms and database enhancements.

Grace Banash discusses her experience with Shootsbury's census count inaccuracies.

City officials focus on creating a unified address database and addressing student housing issues.

Collaboration aims to improve future census accuracy and address housing displacement issues.

Arkansas forms committee to mitigate losses from 2020 census undercount affecting federal funds

District advocates for preschool importance citing federal funding and successful educational foundations.

City Council votes to enhance rewards for information on illegal dumping practices.

City prepares for budget hearings as Hendersonville obtains significant funding for park development.

During a Q&A at an Eagle Forum event, the speaker said the U.S. census counts 'bodies' not citizens, argued Democrats favor higher immigration for political power and claimed long-term benefit use and fraud by undocumented immigrants; audience questions focused on screening practices.