Some towns paid the U.S. Census Bureau to produce new local population counts to try to get more funding. But Trump's hiring freeze derailed their special census plans — and could hurt the 2030 count.

The hiring pause at one of the nation’s wealthiest schools comes after other schools have also announced efforts to save money.

Atlanta-based Emory University is among a number of institutions of higher education to announce hiring freezes recently, citing the uncertainty around federal funding.