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- Education Spending Per Student Fell For First Time in 2011
- Per pupil spending fell for the first time ever in fiscal year 2011, with 21 states reporting declines. See rankings and totals for each state.
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- Which States Added the Most Jobs This Year?
- View data showing changes in total employment for each state so far this year.
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- Obama Losing Support of State and Local Officials, Survey Finds
- State and local government officials increasingly disapprove of President Obama and fear the country is headed in the wrong direction, a new Governing survey finds.
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- Areas with Most Commuters Reap Benefits and Costs
- Many of the nation’s urban areas see their populations jump during the day with an influx of workers, requiring additional public services. View which counties have the most out-of-town commuters.
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- Which States Saw Voter Turnout Jump, Decline Most Last Year?
- Thirty-eight states saw voter turnout drop last year, driven in large part by young adults and non-Hispanic whites heading to the polls at lower rates.
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- GAO Report Paints Bleak Fiscal Outlook for States, Local Governments
- A new report by the Government Accountability Office forecasts a gloomy outlook for state and local government budgets, finding an ever-widening gap between projected revenues and expenses for years to come.
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- Jobs Report Exceeds Expectations as Unemployment Rate Falls
- The economy added 165,000 jobs last month while the unemployment rate fell slightly to 7.5 percent.
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- Survey: Median Pay for Top Local Officials is $103K
- A new survey tallies pay and benefits for chief appointed officials across the country, finding compensation varies greatly by locality.
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- Youth Unemployment Reached Record Highs: What Can Officials Do About It?
- The number of out-of-work teens and twenty-somethings climbed to record levels during the recession. View data for each state.
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GOVERNING By the Numbers is a companion to GOVERNING Data that digests the growing body of work at the intersection of computer-assisted journalism, data visualization and government transparency.
GOVERNING By the Numbers is dedicated to telling important stories through numbers, with a focus on both our original work in data visualization on GOVERING Data and providing an ongoing tally of editor's picks of new and notable data releases of use to those in government and those who care about it.
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