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The Mountain West News Bureau sat down with U.S. Census Director Robert Santos, who discussed the importance of participating in the decennial census and the other surveys the bureau conducts. He also talked about efforts to improve the 2030 census in the wake of the complex and controversial 2020 census.

The share of people without a religious affiliation is rising across the Mountain West. The group, called the “nones,” includes atheists, agnostics and those who say they don’t have any religion in particular.

In 2020, the state came out with a report analyzing contributing factors in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) movement. This week during the tribal committee meeting before the Wyoming legislature, an update was given by the Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center.

Many parent groups across the nation are expressing concern about the data school districts collect on students and how it’s used. Wyoming’s House of…