EDINBURG, May 29 - English language TV and radio stations are being asked to play a big part in the final push to get every Rio Grande Valley resident counted under Census 2010.

SAN JUAN, May 25 - Census Bureau workers have counted an astonishing 97.4 percent of Rio Grande Valley residents, tens of thousands of them living in colonias, under Operation Update/Enumerate.

EDINBURG, May 24 - Hidalgo County Judge Rene Ramirez has made a final push to get everyone in the county counted by Census workers.

SAN JUAN, el 18 de mayo - El encargado de la red “Equal Voice for America’s Families” esta llamando para una última fuerte impulso de los residentes de colonias marginadas, para así garantizar que todo el mundo se cuenta en el censo del 2010.

SAN JUAN, May 18 - The network weaver for the Equal Voice for America’s Families has called for one last big push from colonia residents to ensure everyone is counted under Census 2010.

SAN JUAN, May 11 - Members of the Equal Voice for America’s Families network in the Rio Grande Valley will hold a telethon on Telemundo this evening to encourage full participation in the Census.

EDINBURG, May 3 - Yo Cuento 2010, the campaign launched by Hidalgo County Judge Rene Ramirez, is airing a commercial on Spanish-language TV stations to boost participation in the Census.

PHARR, April 28 - Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD has sent a voice message to the parents of its 31,000-plus students urging participation in Census 2010.

ALAMO, April 26 - A free hotline number staffed by Rio Grande Valley volunteers will start this week to document complaints and concerns from residents who have not been counted by Census workers.

ALAMO, April 20 - Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus are demanding that changes be made to the U.S. Census Bureau’s policy of counting colonia residents.

ALAMO, April 20 - There is still time for residents to submit 2010 Census information by phone via the Census Bureau’s toll-free Telephone Questionnaire Assistance Center.

ALAMO, April 18 - It has not been well publicized but residents who call the Census Bureau’s Spanish-language hotline number can fill out the 2010 Census questionnaire over the phone.

EDINBURG, April 15 - U.S. Rep. Rubén Hinojosa says he has been assured there will be enough Census workers to count the tens of thousands of colonia residents in the Rio Grande Valley who did not receive Census forms.

RIO GRANDE CITY, April 18 – U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves admitted Saturday that his agency failed to explain its border colonia count operation to local residents and the non-profits that work in colonias.

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LA JOYA, April 13 - The U.S. Census Bureau is to hold about Road Tour in the Rio Grande Valley with its “Take 10” bus.

EDINBURG, April 13 - Congressman Rubén Hinojosa will hold a telephone conference call with Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today to voice concerns about the way the census is being counted in border colonias.

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SAN JUAN, April 12 - The various non-profit groups that work in Rio Grande Valley colonias have a simple message for residents – open your doors to the Census workers.

SAN JUAN, April 9 - Local political and community leaders feel strongly that they were misled by the U.S. Census Bureau into believing that census survey forms would be delivered by mail to most Rio Grande Valley residents.

McALLEN, April 7 - The 2010 Census has produced uncertainty and consternation throughout the Rio Grande Valley.

McALLEN, April 6 - The Mexican American Legal and Educational Defense Fund has warned the U.S. Census Bureau that a “serious undercount” may take place in border colonias.