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FILE – In this aerial photo made in a flight provided by mediccorps.org, damage from Hurricane Ian is seen on the causeway leading to Sanibel Island from Fort Myers, Fla., Sept. 30, 2022. The causeway has reopened with temporary repairs. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022 the three-mile (4.8-kilometer) causeway suffered severe damage from the Category 4 hurricane, with initial predictions that repairs could take months. Instead, the work took just three weeks. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Hurricane Ian’s massive damage sparks battle over tens of millions in cleanup and repair payments

By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press

KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES – 2022/04/14: Governor Ron DeSantis signs Floridaâs 15-week abortion ban into law at Nacion de Fe church in Kissimmee. The law, which goes into effect July 1, bans the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy without exemptions for rape, incest or human trafficking, but does allow exemptions in cases where a pregnancy is âserious riskâ to the mother or a fatal abnormality is detected if two physicians confirm the diagnosis in writing. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Florida Gov. DeSantis signed a law to dissolve Disney’s private government. But the district still doesn’t know what that means

By Mike Schneider, Anthony Izaguirre, and others

Same Sex Silencing Protest

Arts & Entertainment

Disney workers plan walkout to protest Florida ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill

By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press

FILE – Children play in the yard of a community boxing club Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, in Somerton, Ariz. The U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday, March 10, 2022, released two reports which measure how well the once-a-decade head count tallied every U.S. resident and whether certain populations were undercounted or overrepresented in the count. Any undercounts in various populations can shortchange the amount of funding and political representation they get over the next decade. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Some minority groups missed at higher rate in 2020 U.S. census

By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press

LAS VEGAS, NV – MAY 02: A lone security guard sits and monitors his patch on Fremont Street during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on May 02, 2020, in Las Vegas, NV. (Photo by Barry Ambrose/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

The U.S. population almost shrank during the COVID-19 pandemic

By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press

A healthcare worker receives a Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot at Jackson Memorial Hospital Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Miami. This follows a recent recommendation by the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advising people who are 65 and older, and workers whose jobs put them at high risk of exposure – including those in healthcare – to receive a booster shot six months after their second shot. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Florida fines Leon County $3.5 million for mandating vaccines

By Anthony Izaguirre, Mike Schneider, and others

FILE – This March 18, 2020 file photo taken in Idaho shows a form for the U.S. Census 2020. It’s a mystery that Census Bureau statisticians and outside experts are trying to unravel: Why were there so many unanswered questions about households in the 2020 census? The blank answers spanned across all categories of questions and all modes of responding. (John Roark/The Idaho Post-Register via AP, File)

Hackers launched a cyber attack on U.S. Census Bureau in 2020

By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press

New Census data shows U.S. is diversifying, white population drops for the first time

By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press

People enter the Foster Communications Coliseum to attend the San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo, April 16, 2021 in San Angelo, Texas. – The first night of the rodeo saw a sold out crowd, the first rodeo event that took place with no restrictions in San Angelo since the beginning of the pandemic. (Photo by Sergio FLORES / AFP) (Photo by SERGIO FLORES/AFP via Getty Images)

The great American growth engine is slowing, U.S. census numbers reveal

By Nicholas Riccardi, Mike Schneider, and others

Virus Outbreak Disney

Arts & Entertainment

Disney will lay off 28,000 workers at its California and Florida parks

By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press

A federal judge says the census must continue beyond its current deadline.

Census must continue for another month, judge says

By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press

Walt Disney World Near Orlando To Reopen On Saturday

Arts & Entertainment

As Disney World reopens, there won’t be any Mickey ‘meet-and-greets’ or parades

By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press

An envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident is shown in Detroit.

Trump officials want delay in census due to coronavirus

By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press

State Prepares To Deploy National Guard To Coronvirus-Hit Suburb

‘Uncharted territory.’ U.S. Census Bureau suspends field operations over coronavirus concerns

By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press

Maria Olmedo-Malagon, Program Manager, 2020 Census Integrated Communications Contract, U.S. Census Bureau speaks during the event.

Everything you need to know before the 2020 Census starts next week

By Mark Thiessen, Mike Schneider, and others

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