Tag: Census

Census is important for Oklahoma to get federal funding

October 24, 2019 Tulsa Beacon

The Oklahoma Senate Rules Committee learned about the importance of census participation and the negative impact that can occur from underreporting as recent presentations were made by the U.S. Census Bureau, the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits and the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy.  Sen. Paul Scott, R-Duncan, requested the interim…

Census preparation in Oklahoma

September 12, 2019 Tulsa Beacon

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma House of Representatives Speaker Charles McCall announced that the House will again use the redistricting process that was last used in 2011. In addition, the House will enhance the process further by soliciting input from the Oklahoma Supreme Court, executive branch and state, county and local officials in its redistricting effort,…

Gov. Stitt forms state committee to help with the census

September 5, 2019 Tulsa Beacon

Governor Kevin Stitt kicked off the 2020 Census Symposium on August 26 at MetroTech Conference Center with the announcement of Executive Order 2019-32, which establishes the Oklahoma Census 2020 Complete Count Committee. “A complete and accurate count of Oklahoma’s population is vital to the success of our state,” said Stitt. “With this Executive Order, I…

The Census should ask about citizenship

May 2, 2019 Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter Tulsa Beacon

Much noise has been made about reinstating a citizenship question on the 2020 census, the subject of the April 23 Supreme Court arguments. The objections to the citizenship question revolve around unjustified hysteria and the unfortunate, but growing, notion that citizenship doesn’t matter. As attorney general of Oklahoma, I filed an amicus curiae brief joined…