The number of uninsured children in the United States. Roughly two-thirds of them are eligible for Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage, but they must enroll first.
The recently proposed fee for mayoral candidates in Minneapolis. If passed, it will make filing to run for the office more expensive than filing to run for governor, which costs $20.
The number of state workers in Texas recently moved onto Microsoft’s cloud. The deal is the “largest statewide cloud deployment” in the U.S., according to Microsoft.
The number of potentially undocumented college students in the University of California system who took advantage of the in-state tuition law the first school year after its passage.
The number of times the word "education" was mentioned -- which was more than any other -- in State of the State speeches this year by 47 governors. View which other words were uttered most often.
Source: McClatchy/GOVERNING | Pontiac, Mich. |
February 26, 2013
The average 911 response time in Pontiac, Mich., compared to an hour before the police department was disbanded in favor of a contract with the Oakland County Sheriff's Office. The change by the city's emergency financial manager is saving it more than $2 million a year.