• $4.67
• Source: AP   |   California   |   October 9, 2012
• The price of gas in California today, which is the highest in the state's history and the nation. The price led Gov. Jerry Brown to authorize oil companies to start selling cheaper, less environmentally friendly, winter-blend gasoline, but it could take days before consumers see costs at the pump drop.

• 15.4%
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Ithaca, N.Y.   |   October 8, 2012
• The portion of commuters who walk to work in Ithaca, N.Y., which is the highest rate in the nation. View data for 100 metro areas.

• 10%
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Pennsylvania   |   October 5, 2012
• The rise in graduation rates at Pennsylvania universities since the state started financially rewarding schools for meeting certain performance metrics in 2000. Thirty states either use or are considering using performance-based funding for higher education.

• 2,362
• Source: Businessweek   |   Nation   |   October 4, 2012
• The number of people in households earning at least $1 million who got unemployment benefits in 2009. According to a Congressional report, prohibiting such payments to millionaires would save $20 million in the next decade.

• 12,744
• Source: Sacramento Bee   |   California   |   October 3, 2012
• The number of regular session bills that Gov. Jerry Brown has signed, which is more than any other California governor since 1967. Brown has also vetoed the fewest bills.

• 29
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   October 2, 2012
• The number of metro areas where commuters increased their use of public transportation last year, according to a Governing analysis of new census data. Find out if yours was one of them.

• 41.7%
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Utah   |   October 1, 2012
• The portion of deaths in Utah that occurred in a person's home -- the highest at-home death rate of any state.

• 65%
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   September 28, 2012
• The portion of Americans who trust their state government, according to a recent Gallup poll. Citizens' confidence in state government is among the strongest since Gallup started the poll in 1997.

• 9 points
• Source: New York Times   |   New York City   |   September 27, 2012
• The new font size that candidates' names will appear in on New York City's general election ballot this fall. Voters had complained that they could barely read the names when they were printed in a 7-point font.

• 42%
• Source: McClatchy Newspapers   |   California   |   September 26, 2012
• The portion of California voters who would repeal the death penalty, while 45 percent would retain it, according to a new poll. Voters will decide this November whether to make the state the 18th to abolish capital punishment.

• $60 million
• Source: Bloomberg/The Journal Gazette   |   Allen, Texas   |   September 25, 2012
• The cost of a newly built 18,000-seat high school football stadium in Allen, Texas. More than 100 stadiums have been built in the state using voter-approved bonds.

• 20
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   September 24, 2012
• The number of states where income inequality significantly increased from 2010 to 2011, according to new census estimates. View data for each state with GOVERNING Data's interactive map.

• 25%
• Source: AP/New York Times   |   New York   |   September 21, 2012
• The portion of their income that low-income smokers in New York spend on cigarettes, according to a new study. The state has the nation's highest cigarette taxes.

• 8.7%
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Chattanooga, Tenn.   |   September 20, 2012
• The portion of Chattanooga, Tenn.'s budget spent on employee health care, which is almost half the rate that localities spend on employee health care, on average. Chattanooga lowered its spending in this area by setting up an on-site, government-sponsored clinic and pharmacy and providing financial incentives for workers to get or stay healthy.

• 4.1%
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Michigan   |   September 19, 2012
• The maximum rate that public universities in Michigan can raise their tuition by in a single year and still get extra funding. The state set aside more than $9 million this year to reward colleges that kept their tuition increases low – something every school did.