• 6
• Source: Detroit News   |   Detroit   |   May 17, 2012
• The number of houses that Detroit has sold to its police and firefighters more than a year after the start of a program to offer cheap, refurbished homes to first responders to convince them to live in the city they're protecting. About half of Detroit's 2,700 officers now live outside the city.

• $100,000
• Source: Bangor Daily News   |   Maine   |   May 16, 2012
• The amount of money that the co-founder of Facebook and editor-in-chief of the liberal magazine The New Republic offered to match the campaign to pass same-sex marriage in Maine. The issue will be on the state's November ballot.

• 5
• Source: Arizona Republic   |   Arizona   |   May 15, 2012
• The number of wildfires that broke out in Arizona on Sunday, kicking off the start of the fire season. Nearly 6,000 acres have been charred, as four of the fires are still raging.

• 1,000 feet
• Source: Des Moines Register   |   Ames, Iowa   |   May 11, 2012
• The minimum distance new payday lenders in Ames, Iowa, must be from schools, child care centers, other payday lenders, residential land or any arterial street under a new city ordinance that is likely the most restrictive in the state.

• 1,900
• Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel   |   Wisconsin   |   May 10, 2012
• The approximate number of whooping cough cases reported in Wisconsin in 2012. This time last year, there were only 158 confirmed and probable cases of the highly contagious bacterial disease, which causes uncontrollable, violent coughing and is dangerous for infants and those with serious underlying health conditions.

• 24
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Minnesota   |   May 9, 2012
• The number of historic city halls in Minnesota -- the most of any state. View our map of more than 300 historic city halls across the country.

• 17th
• Source: Hartford Courant   |   Connecticut   |   May 8, 2012
• Connecticut will become the 17th state to legalize medical marijuana when Gov. Dannel Malloy, as expected, signs H.B. 5389 into law. The District of Columbia also allows the use of pot for medicinal purposes.

• 29
• Source: Bloomberg News/Financial Adviser   |   Nation   |   May 7, 2012
• The number of state governments that expect to end their fiscal year with budget surpluses, according to a survey by the National Conference of State Legislatures. It marks the first time since the 2007 recession that so many states will have unspent funds.

• $446 million
• Source: The Thicket   |   Colorado   |   May 4, 2012
• The amount of economic activity that Colorado's craft beer industry generated in 2011. The local breweries employ 5,800 people and paid the state $9 million in beer excise taxes.

• 93%
• Source: Houston Chronicle   |   Texas   |   May 3, 2012
• The increase from last year in the number of undocumented children without parents in the U.S. who were turned over to the Office of Refugee Resettlement in the first six months of this fiscal year. As a result, hundreds of children have been sleeping on cots in gyms and in an Air Force dorm in Texas.

• More than $111,000
• Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune   |   Minnesota   |   May 2, 2012
• The amount of back rent that the Republican Party of Minnesota owes its headquarters' landlord. The GOP completely stopped paying rent in August and was served an eviction notice but struck a deal to keep the building.

• $3,500 to $6,000
• Source: The Associated Press   |   Nation   |   May 1, 2012
• The price range for a tornado shelter, which has surged in sales since last year's deadly twisters. Some states have started offering grants and other financial incentives to help pay for them.

• 2.2 percent
• Source: Associated Press   |   The Nation   |   April 30, 2012
• The amount of growth the American economy experienced during the first quarter of this year, according to the Commerce Department.

• 62 percent
• Source: Governing   |   April 27, 2012
• The percentage of Republicans who have a favorable view of state government, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center for The People and The Press.

• 25%
• Source: Detroit Free Press   |   Detroit   |   April 25, 2012
• The portion of Detroit's public workforce that would be cut under Mayor Dave Bing's proposed budget. The more than 2,500 job cuts would be achieved mostly through layoffs, but also through retirements and attrition.