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For the sixth year in a row, the number of U.S. births fell in 2020, reaching the lowest level since 1979. The fertility rate remains "below replacement" — the level needed to compensate for deaths.
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Guest host Michael Bitzer and a panel will sort through the first batch of results from the 2020 census, including the political clout it will give North Carolina and the questions about the census' accuracy.
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This past week: Outrage grew in Elizabeth City — along with national attention — over the killing of Andrew Brown Jr. by Pasquotank County deputies, especially after a judge delayed the public release of body camera footage in the case. A mass shooting in the Boone area left a married couple, two sheriff's deputies and the suspected gunman dead. North Carolina earned a 14th U.S. House seat after the 2020 census. And Apple picks the Raleigh area for its East Coast campus.
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North Carolina will gain another seat in Congress based on population growth over past decade, according to 2020 census.
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Based on population shifts recorded by the 2020 census, Texas, Florida and North Carolina are among the states gaining representation, while California, New York and Pennsylvania are losing influence.
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North Carolina election dates for 2022 likely won't be altered despite anticipated delays in receiving data needed to perform the once-a-decade redistricting, the General Assembly's top Republicans said on Thursday.
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North Carolina's state elections director has recommended postponing this fall's municipal elections to 2022 because of an expected delay in redistricting due to late census data. This week, town commissioners in Huntersville said a loud "no thank you."
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The Charlotte City Council and Mayor Vi Lyles discussed Monday night the need to delay the 2021 election until 2022 because of delays in releasing new data from the Census Bureau.
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The Trump administration tried and failed to accomplish a long-held desire of immigration hard-liners — a count of unauthorized immigrants to reshape Congress, the Electoral College and public policy.
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The U.S. Census Bureau said Wednesday that the data used for redistricting may not be released until the end of July. That data will be used to draw districts, and could leave the city of Charlotte and Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board with a difficult choice: Press ahead with elections with old maps? Or delay elections until 2022?