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The manager of Butte Plaza Mall noted over the phone Thursday that the mall was actively seeking a replacement for AMC Theatres. AMC confirmed earlier this week that it was leaving Butte on Feb. 20.

Mall Manager Alana Ferko said that beyond the business aspect of finding a replacement operator, a town's movie theater was a cultural necessity.

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Hilary Clinton said that nobody likes Bernie Sanders and that she won't support him. She made the remarks in a documentary that has not yet debuted, the New York Times reports.

Communications impaired nationwide, Sheriff reports

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Spectrum Internet and cable were operating this afternoon in Uptown Butte.

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Important dates in regards to Census 2020

Important Dates

In mid-March, homes across the country will begin receiving invitations to complete the 2020 Census. Once the invitation arrives, you should respond for your home in one of three ways: online, by phone, or by mail.

Overall Timeline

Counting every person living in the United States is a massive undertaking and efforts begin years in advance. Here's a look at some of the key dates along the way:

2020

January 21: The U.S. Census Bureau starts counting the population in remote Alaska. The count officially begins in the rural Alaskan village of Toksook Bay.

March 12 - 20: Households will begin receiving official Census Bureau mail with detailed information on how to respond to the 2020 Census online, by phone, or by mail.

March 30 - April 1: The Census Bureau will count people who are experiencing homelessness over these three days. As part of this process, the Census Bureau counts people in shelters, at soup kitchens and mobile food vans, on the streets, and at non-sheltered, outdoor locations such as tent encampments.

April 1: Census Day is observed nationwide. By this date, every home will receive an invitation to participate in the 2020 Census. Once the invitation arrives, you should respond for your home in one of three ways: online, by phone, or by mail. When you respond to the census, you'll tell the Census Bureau where you live as of April 1, 2020.

April: Census takers will begin visiting college students who live on campus, people living in senior centers, and others who live among large groups of people. Census takers also begin conducting quality check interviews to help ensure an accurate count.

May - July: Census takers will begin visiting homes that haven't responded to the 2020 Census to help make sure everyone is counted.

December: The Census Bureau will deliver apportionment counts to the President and Congress as required by law.

2021

March 31: By this date, the Census Bureau will send redistricting counts to states. This information is used to redraw legislative districts based on population changes.

Here are some of the efforts completed in 2019:

January - September: The Census Bureau opened more than 200 area census offices across the country. These offices support and manage the census takers who work all over the country to conduct the census.

August - October: Census takers visited areas that have experienced a lot of change and growth to ensure that the Census Bureau's address list is up to date. This process is called address canvassing, and it helps to ensure that everyone receives an invitation to participate in the census.

Census Day 2020

April 1 is Census Day, a key reference date for the 2020 Census. When completing the census, you will include everyone living in your home on April 1, 2020. Census Day will be celebrated with events across the country.

2020: IN FOCUS

230 Years and Counting:

To learn more go to https://2020census.gov/en.html

Study: Census data crucial to many Montanans' incomes

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Eric Tegethoff

February 17, 2020
HELENA, Montana -- An accurate census count is most important to rural states, such as Montana, and poorer states, according to a new study.

States receive $1.5 trillion from programs guided by census data each year. In Montana, those programs made up more than 12% of personal income in 2017, according to George Washington University.

That's higher than the national average of 9%.

The study's author, Andrew Reamer, says that means states such as Montana have a lot at stake in the 2020 Census.

"In particular, those states have a lot more riding on the accuracy of the census and bigger economic consequences if there's an undercount," he states.

Montana received $3 billion from 55 federal programs that use census data in 2016.

As in other states, Medicare makes up the biggest chunk of money to the state. In 2017, it was 5% of personal income.

Reamer notes that if communities are undercounted and states get less money as a result, the funds don't go back to the Treasury. They are simply allocated to every other state.

"For most programs, Congress just says, 'Okay, we're appropriating X billion dollars for the coming year,'" he explains. "And the census data are used to divvy up that money -- determine who gets what slice of the pie. No slices go back to the bank."

West Virginia and Mississippi top the list for highest percent of personal income from programs guided by census data. It's higher than 16% in both states.

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Monday, February 17, 2020 - 44 Americans infected, but not all show signs of coronavirus illness, and many NC counties declare themselves 'Second Amendment sanctuaries.'