A new bill could help protect the census after Trump-era interference

Updated July 12, 2022

Hansi Lo Wang

Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., the current chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, who's shown here in 2018, has introduced a bill to try to protect the 2030 census and other future head counts from political interference. (AP)

This article was originally published on July 11, 2022.

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