Politics

March 30, 2010 - As the nation prepares for Census Day on April 1, the Institute has released a new report [pdf] which finds that areas of North Carolina are at high risk of not being fully counted in the 2010 Census due to the economic recession and housing crisis that have hammered parts of the state.

March 30, 2010 - Economic woes put North Carolina counties in danger of undercount in 2010 Census Study ranks 100 N.C. counties by risk level of losing millions of dollars in federal funds due to job losses, housing crisis

March 29, 2010 - As we head towards April 1, 2010 Census Day (sidenote: whose bright idea was it to put it on April Fool's Day?!), the Census Bureau has launched a nifty mapping tool so you can see how many people in your area are mailing back their

March 26, 2010 - By Kevin Sieff, Texas Observer

March 25, 2010 - This afternoon, the Senate will take a fi

March 24, 2010 - Democrats called it "historic," Republicans called it "armageddon," and Vice President Biden was caught whispering to President Obama that, in his estimation, it was "a big f***ing deal."

March 23, 2010 - One of the fastest-growing states in the nation has the potential to save its residents billions of dollars over the next decade and a half and create thousands of new jobs to boot.