WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following working paper (No. SEHSD-WP2023-26) entitled "Modeling State Tax Rebate Payments in the 2022 CPS ASEC." The paper was written by Douglas Conway and Matthew Unrath. Here are excerpts: * * * Overview In 2022, twenty-two states issued special tax rebates to their residents./2 These payments were generally enabled or mandated by higher-than-expected state revenues, though their nominal purpose was to provide families with fina  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following report (No. ACSBR-015) by Douglas Conway and Breauna Branch entitled "Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type by Geography: 2021 and 2022." Here are excerpts: * * * INTRODUCTION Demographic shifts as well as economic and government policy changes can affect people's access to health coverage. For example, between 2021 and 2022, the labor market continued to improve, which may have affected private coverage in the   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following report (No. P60-280) entitled "Poverty in the U.S. - 2022:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * CHANGES IN SPM RATES BETWEEN 2021 AND 2022 In 2022, the overall SPM rate was 12.4 percent. This was 4.6 percentage points higher than the 2021 SPM rate of 7.8 percent, and 0.6 percentage points higher than 2019, the year before the COVID-19 pandemic (Table B-2). This was the first significant increase in the SPM rate since  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: This week, Joint Task Force Alpha (JTFA), created by Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas and Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, coordinated an investigation that saw two Guatemalan nationals sentenced in the Western District of Texas for their role in a prolific human smuggling conspiracy that resulted in the death of a migrant.  Armando Gael Galicia, aka Artemio Diego Andres  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on Sept. 14, 2023, by Daniel Glad, director of the Procurement Collusion Strike Force, at the seventh annual White-Collar Criminal Forum at the University of Richmond Law School: * * * Thank you, Davis, for the kind words of introduction. I also want to thank the Virginia Bar Association for the invitation to spend time with you today, and our hosts, the University of Richmond Law School. Richmond is,   more