• 0
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   August 29, 2012
• The number of states that have fully implemented an electronic system -- as required by a 2008 federal law -- to verify the eligibility of people applying for Medicaid long-term care. Twenty-five states were supposed to have electronic verification in place by the end of 2011.

• 1.17
• Source: Birmingham News   |   Alabama   |   August 28, 2012
• The average number, which represents the highest rate in the nation, of narcotic prescriptions filled for every privately insured person in Alabama in 2010. The national average was 0.67.

• 18%
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   August 27, 2012
• The rise in the portion of part-time public workers in Utah from 2010 to 2011, according to census data, representing a trend among many state and local governments hiring more part-time workers to fill the void left by a gradually shrinking public workforce.

• 2
• Source: Reuters   |   Arizona   |   August 24, 2012
• The number of days that the two people responsible for starting the largest wildfire in Arizona's history will spend in jail. The pair admitted to leaving a campfire unattended, which led to the destruction of 840 square miles and cost approximately $83 million to extinguish.

• 0%
• Source: GOVERNING Data   |   Georgia   |   August 23, 2012
• The percent of Georgia's state higher education grants that are based on need. This is partly because most money is already reaching students in the state, which has a low average income. View a map with higher education funding data for each state.

• 1
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   August 22, 2012
• The number of states -- in this case, Montana -- with no anti-bullying law.

• 13.5%
• Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution   |   Georgia   |   August 21, 2012
• The amount that Georgia's graduation rate fell by when using a new federal formula. Part of the reason for the steep decline is that the new calculation defines a graduate as someone who earns a diploma in four years.

• 232,654
• Source: GOVERNING Data   |   Nation   |   August 20, 2012
• The number of full-time equivalent parks and recreation workers on local government payrolls in 2010. View trends and estimates for each sector of local government.

• 22
• Source: Sacramento Bee   |   California   |   August 17, 2012
• The number of University of California employees who earned more than $1 million during a time of budget cuts last year. In 2007, only six of the public university system's employees made that much.

• $166.9 million
• Source: Houston Chronicle   |   Texas   |   August 16, 2012
• The amount of health insurance rebates that Texans received, which is more than any other state, under the Affordable Care Act. The law requires insurance companies to return a portion of the premiums if they spend less than 80 percent on medical care.

• 6th
• Source: CNN   |   Texas   |   August 15, 2012
• Brian Bachmann, who was fatally shot Monday near Texas A&M University, is the sixth law enforcement official killed so far this year in Texas. View the number of police officer deaths from 1990 to 2011 here.

• 38,000
• Source: The Associated Press/Detroit Free Press   |   Nation   |   August 14, 2012
• The number of U.S. and Canadian police cars that General Motors is recalling because a part in the front suspension can crack and cause a crash. The company will fix the problem at no cost to police departments.

• 14.6%
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   August 13, 2012
• The amount by which state pension systems grew from 2010 to 2011, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. The gains, though, still aren’t nearly enough to make a sizable dent in many states’ pension shortfalls.

• 33
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nevada   |   August 10, 2012
• The number of states that have received a waiver from key requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind law. Nevada was the most recent to have their application approved.

• 12
• Source: GOVERNING Data   |   Nation   |   August 9, 2012
• The number of states plus the District of Columbia where minorities now account for the majority of the under-age-10 population. View updated census data for each state.