• 2
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   July 23, 2012
• The number of states, which are Maine and Vermont, that give prison inmates the right to vote.

• 71%
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   July 20, 2012
• The portion of U.S. households connected to the Internet in 2010 -- up from 61.7 percent in 2007. View data for each state.

• 17
• Source: Wall Street Journal   |   Lowell, Mass.   |   July 19, 2012
• The age that teenagers in Lowell, Mass., would be able to vote in municipal elections if a bill passes the state Legislature. If signed into law, Lowell would be the nation's first city to allow under-18 residents to vote in local elections.

• 27%
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   July 18, 2012
• The portion of workers in the nation's 100 largest metropolitan areas that can get to their jobs in 90 minutes or less using public transportation. View detailed data for your region.

• $500 million
• Source: Stateline   |   Nation   |   July 17, 2012
• The amount of money that 43 states will share from the nation's largest health-care fraud settlement. Drug maker GlaxoSmithKline will pay the federal and state governments to resolve charges of illegally marketing certain prescription drugs and overcharging publicly funded programs.

• 17%
• Source: New York Times   |   New York City   |   July 16, 2012
• The rise, on average, in taxi fares in New York City that's expected to go into effect in September. It's the first major increase in the rate in eight years.

• $242.6 billion
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   July 13, 2012
• The amount state and local governments spent on construction in May -- the lowest since 2006. Meanwhile, private construction spending has soared to its highest level in more than two years.

• 12
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   July 12, 2012
• The number of states that have considered offering government-run retirement plans for private-sector employees. Massachusetts is the only one to pass such a policy.

• $7.25
• Source: Wall Street Journal   |   Scranton, Pa.   |   July 11, 2012
• The new wage of nearly 400 city workers in Scranton, Pa. where Mayor Chris Doherty temporarily cut police, firefighters and his own pay, among others.

• 30
• Source: NPR   |   Nation   |   July 10, 2012
• The number of times the Republican-dominated U.S. House has tried to repeal, defund or dismantle the health care law that the Supreme Court upheld last month. The next attempt will occur this week.

• $2 billion
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   July 9, 2012
• The amount spent annually to impound, shelter, euthanize and dispose of homeless animals. Pittsburgh has begun to shift funds away from impounding and euthanizing cats and dogs toward a free spaying and neutering program.

• 12
• Source: Autoblog   |   Texas   |   July 6, 2012
• The number of hours a woman spent in a Texas jail after using a sign to warn motorists about a police speed trap. She was arrested for allegedly standing in the street instead of on the sidewalk.

• 42
• Source: American Pyrotechnics Association   |   Nation   |   July 5, 2012
• The number of states plus the District of Columbia that allow some or all types of consumer fireworks. Four states allow only sparklers and four others ban consumer fireworks altogether.

• 22.3 Million
• BY: Brian Peteritas   |   July 3, 2012
• The number of Americans without insurance that have incomes falling below 138 percent of the federal poverty level, the new Medicaid eligibility threshold under the ACA. If all states implement the Medicaid expansion then they will gain coverage in 2014.

• 12%
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Baltimore   |   July 2, 2012
• The reduction in crime that resulted from a 10 percent increase in tree cover in Baltimore. The study concluded that the more trees an area has, the less crime it has.