The number of fatalities linked to listeria-tainted cantaloupe from Colorado, marking the deadliest food outbreak in a decade. According to the CDC, the number of deaths will likely rise because the symptoms can take four or more weeks to show.
Jail time teachers in Colorado could get for striking if a recently introduced bill becomes law. The legislation comes at a time when teachers are leaving classrooms across the country to protest low pay and inadequate education funding.
School districts, out of 13,500 nationwide, that operate on four-day weeks. Most of them are rural, but urban areas have started to make the switch in an effort to save money and attract teachers.
Cost of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's official portrait, which is more than his three predecessors' portraits combined.
Estimate of annual online sales tax revenue that states are missing out on because the federal government bans them from collecting it. The Supreme Court heard a case this week that challenges that ban, but some of the justices raised concerns about ending it.
State funding the Tennessee House revoked this week from the city of Memphis as punishment for removing Confederate monuments last year.