Politics & Government
Census Count Could End Thursday, Last Event At 4 P.M. In Chicago
The census was supposed to continue through the end of October. Civil rights groups are trying to keep the count going.
CHICAGO (CBS) — Thursday could very well be the final day for the U.S. Census count. On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court put a brief pause on the once-a-decade head count while an appeals court makes a final decision. Should the court end the census prematurely, a number of events are planned for Thursday, to make one last push for people to take the census.
One of them is happening at 4 p.m. Thursday afternoon at the Chicago’s Back of the Yards College Prep High School Plaza on 47th and Hoyne. A number of state lawmakers will hold a census fair to celebrate the end of Hispanic Heritage Month and encourage people to be counted in this year’s census before it’s too late.
