The new estimated cost of California's high-speed rail project -- down from nearly $100 billion a few months ago, according to Gov. Jerry Brown's office. The significant drop has made some lawmakers skeptical of the project's new price tag.
Confederate monuments and statues on public property in the United States. Most of them are in the South, and 32 of them have been dedicated or rededicated since 2000.
Estimated economic benefit of the total solar eclipse in just one town, Hopkinsville, Ky., which is the epicenter of the global event and is expecting as many as 200,000 visitors this weekend.
Number of hate groups in California, which is the most of any state. Trailing right behind is Florida (with 63) and Texas (with 55).
States where there's not a single Democrat in any statewide elected executive position. The same is true for Republicans in nine states.
The hole in the Texas legislature's 2018 budget. It's a lot of money but not an immediate problem. State officials won't have to reckon with the consequences of this shortfall until January 2019.
Year that Mike Madigan was elected speaker of the Illinois state House, which makes him the longest to serve that position in U.S. history.