WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following working paper (No. POP-WP109) entitled "Race Reporting Among the Hispanic Population: 2020." The paper was written by Jessica E. Pena, Alli Coritz and Merarys Rios-Vargas. Here are excerpts: * * * Introduction Over the past decade and a half, the Census Bureau has undertaken several major research projects on how to collect, code, and tabulate race and ethnicity data, illustrating the agency's commitment to improving the val more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48365) on Jan. 23, 2025, entitled "Law Enforcement Use of Less-than-Lethal Weapons: Considerations for Congress" by presidential management fellow Jillian Long. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Incidents of police-involved shootings resulting in the death of unarmed civilians, such as Andre Hill in 2020, Bijan Ghaisar in 2017, and Michael Brown in 2014, have raised concerns about law enforcem more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48365) on Jan. 23, 2025, entitled "Law Enforcement Use of Less-than-Lethal Weapons - Considerations for Congress:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * LLW Use-of-Force Policies Law enforcement is permitted to use force to maintain law and order./83 However, the Fourth Amendment places limitations on the degree to which police may exert lethal and less-than-lethal force during the course of dut more PR