Hansi Lewong
speaker
1,358 appearances
173 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2025
last heard 2d ago
Hansi Lewong’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 138 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 52.
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The Census Bureau has stopped collecting, processing, and releasing new data on the U.S.
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economy and disaster recovery.
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But the shutdown has not stopped work for next year's major field test for the 2030 Census.
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What's called the 2026 Census Test is set to take place in parts of Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas.
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The Bureau says it's a, quote, mission-critical priority that is supposed to help develop better ways of getting a count of every person living in each state in 2030.
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Those numbers will be used to determine each state's share of congressional seats, electoral college votes, and federal funding in the next decade.
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But the Commerce Department Inspector General's Office has raised concerns that the bureau may not recruit enough workers for next year's census test.
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Hansi Luang, NPR News.
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The price of a first-class Forever stamp has gone up seven times over the past four years.
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But the U.S.
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Postal Service, which is a financial support of NPR, says that until at least mid-2026, it's staying at 78 cents.
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That's among the world's lowest prices for mailing a letter domestically.
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But compared to decades ago, fewer people and businesses are using first-class mail to send bills, payments, and advertising.
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And that's destabilizing the U.S.
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Postal Service, which generally receives no tax dollars to keep it running.
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USPS relies instead on selling stamps and other service fees.
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The Postal Regulatory Commission recently approved temporary price hikes of close to 6 percent for certain USPS shipping services starting next month.
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Like those put in place by FedEx and UPS, those increases are set to last through the year-end holiday season.
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Hansi Luang, NPR News.
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The price of a first-class Forever stamp has gone up seven times over the past four years.
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