Montana received $3 billion from 55 federal programs that used census data in 2016 Medicare, making up the biggest chunk and in 2017, it was 5% of personal income. Research Professor Andrew Reamer notes if communities were undercounted in the 2020 Census and the state gets less money as a result the funds don’t go back to the Treasury. They ar...
Economist Breaks Down Census Impact On Montana Incomes
States receive $1.5 trillion from programs guided by census data each year, according to a George Washington University study. In Montana, those programs made up more than 12% of personal income in 2017. The study’s author Andrew Reamer says that means states like Montana had a lot at stake in the recent 2020 Census.
U.S. Congressional Candidate Ballard Drops Out
Jack Ballard from Red Lodge has dropped out of the Democratic primary for the U.S. House seat representing eastern Montana. The remaining Democratic candidates are Penny Ronning, a former member of the Billings City Council who works to combat human trafficking, Mark Sweeney, a state legislator from Philipsburg, and Skylar Williams of Billings...
Ridge View Elementary Principle Discusses Student Population Growth
Belgrade has experienced substantial population growth between the 2010 and 2020 census with a reported increase of over 40 percent, which raises questions on how the city’s infrastructure can keep pace. Ridge View Principle Matheau Johnston explained what’s been done to keep up with the city’s public education needs. https://northernbroadcas...
Districting And Apportionment Committee Seeking Prisoners’ Home Addresses For Census Data
Members of the Montana Districting and Apportionment Commission agreed to send letters advocating for the collection of prisoner home addresses as opposed to being counted in a correctional facility to Montana’s top governing officials during their Tuesday meeting. This would have more impact on the 2030 census and congressional redistri...
2020 Census Results Show Increase In Indigenous Populations In Montana
(Nicholas Jones) That was Nicholas Jones, Director of Ethnic Research and Outreach for the U.S. Census Bureau talking about results of the 2020 U.S. Census numbers released Thursday. Montana too has become more diverse. White Alone or in Combination decreased from 92% to 91% of the population American Indian/Alaskan Native Alone or in Combinat...
House Redistricting Raises Concerns About Future Political Outcomes
2020 Census data will be released Thursday which the District and Apportionment Commission will use to determine both congressional and state legislative districts. One contentious idea for drawing districts is their competitiveness which Democrats have pushed for while Republicans say the process shouldn’t create specific political outcomes. ...
2020 Census Data T Be Released Next Week
2020 census used for drawing congressional and legislative districts will be released next Thursday. The data will cover geographies as small as neighborhoods and as large as states. The information was supposed to be released at the end of March but was pushed back to August to give bureau statisticians more time to crunch the numbers which c...
Commission Sets New Rules For Montana’s Redistricting Process
The Montana Districting and Apportionment Commission has adopted rules to guide how it carves up the state’s legislative districts once data from the 2020 Census becomes available including a goal of drawing competitive districts. The criteria it chose Tuesday for the 150 state House and Senate districts differ somewhat from the federal redist...
Governor Gianforte Signs Letter Requesting Redistricting Data
Fifteen Republican governors including Montana’s Governor Greg Gianforte sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce Tuesday urging the U.S. Census Bureau to release redistricting data this month or as soon as possible. They say further delays would hurt efforts to redraw congressional and legislative districts determining how many ...