• $138 billion
• Source: Stateline   |   Nation   |   May 22, 2013
• The collective cost of invasive species -- such as the Burmese python, Asian carp and yellow star-thistle -- to U.S. taxpayers each year.

• 50.6 cents
• Source: Tax Foundation   |   New York   |   May 21, 2013
• The gas tax in New York state, which is the highest in the nation.

• 47 percent
• Source: Governing   |   Nation   |   May 20, 2013
• The portion of state and local government officials who approve of President Barack Obama -- down from 54 percent last summer, according to a Governing survey.

• 25
• Source: Governing   |   San Francisco   |   May 17, 2013
• Miles of bike paths that have been installed in San Francisco in the last three years. More lanes are in the works, but public resistance to them is growing.

• $100
• Source: Governing   |   Cuyahoga County, Ohio   |   May 16, 2013
• The initial deposit that Cuyahoga County, Ohio, will make into college savings accounts for every kindergartener next fall. San Francisco was the first jurisdiction to implement such a program, and other localities are starting to take notice.

• $336
• Source: Stateline   |   Washington state   |   May 15, 2013
• The projected cost for an ounce of recreational marijuana, including taxes, in the state of Washington.

• $1,000
• Source: Governing   |   Chicago, Ill.   |   May 14, 2013
• The new fine drivers and passengers who "door" a cyclist -- causing an accident by opening a door in the path of the bike -- would face under changes proposed to Chicago's bike ordinance.

• $208 million
• Source: Governing   |   May 13, 2013
• The total amount that states spent trying to recover fraudulent Medicaid payments in 2011. The total amount recovered for that year was $1.7 billion.

• $1.38 trillion
• Source: Governing   |   May 10, 2013
• The gap between the promises states have made for public employees’ retirement benefits and the money they have set aside to pay these bills as of 2010.

• 56%
• Source: USA Today   |   Nation   |   May 9, 2013
• Americans that believe gun crime is worse today than 20 years ago yet the rate of gun homicides has actually dropped 49 percent from 1993 to 2010.
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• $332 million
• Source: Stateline/Governing   |   Kansas   |   May 8, 2013
• The amount the state of Kansas has spent to restore its capitol building. The 12-year long project has cost more than other capitol renovation in the nation.

• 11 billion
• Source: Stateline   |   East Coast   |   May 7, 2013
• The gallons of wastewater that Hurricane Sandy spewed into waters and streets -- 3.5 billion gallons of which were completely raw sewage and more than 50 times the size of the BP oil spill.
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• 40%
• Source: Governing   |   Nation   |   May 6, 2013
• The portion of road trips taken in the United States that are less than three miles.

• 3
• Source: National Conference of State Legislatures   |   Nation   |   May 3, 2013
• The number of states -- Idaho, Michigan and Vermont -- that do not require legislators to disclose their sources of income.

• 16.2 percent
• Source: Governing   |   Nation   |   May 2, 2013
• The current national youth unemployment rate, which is more than double the national rate of 7.6 percent.