• 221
• Source: Governing   |   February 1, 2013
• The number of overdoses prevented in 2010 by Insite, a facility in Vancouver, that provides drug addicts a safe place to use illegal substances under the supervision of medical professionals. No users have ever died at the facility which has been in operation since 2003.

• 66%
• Source: Tennessean   |   Tennessee   |   January 30, 2013
• The portion of items that Tennessee wrongly reimbursed filmmakers on location in the state for. It represents $25 million in misused movie incentives.

• 45%
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Montana   |   January 29, 2013
• The portion of health insurance applications in Montana that are denied, which is the highest rejection rate in the nation, according to an insurance industry group's analysis. View rejection rates for every state.

• 5
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   January 28, 2013
• The number of cities that received "Fs" for their transparency efforts, according to criteria created and measured by U.S. Public Interest Research Group. The study is the first to assess local government transparency.

• 13
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   January 25, 2013
• The number of localities that have sought bankruptcy protection over the past five years. View totals and municipal bankruptcy laws for each state.

• $100
• Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune   |   Minnesota   |   January 24, 2013
• Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has proposed the state enact its first sales tax on clothing -- but only items that cost more than $100.

• 78%
• Source: AP/Politico   |   Nation   |   January 23, 2013
• The portion of students in the United States who graduated from high school on time in 2010 -- the highest rate since 1976.

• 1 in 10
• Source: Washington Post   |   District of Columbia   |   January 22, 2013
• The portion of public schools set to close in the District of Columbia, in response to low enrollment and growing competition from charter schools. Former D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee already closed 23 schools in 2008.

• 21
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   January 18, 2013
• The number of states that don't have laws protecting "lifestyle discrimination" in the workplace; some of them have state or local government bans on hiring public employees who use tobacco products.

• 1979
• Source: AP/Washington Post   |   New York City   |   January 17, 2013
• The last time public school bus drivers went on strike in New York City. The most recent strike, which began yesterday, is over a job security clause that workers want put back in their contract.

• 22
• Source: USA Today   |   Nation   |   January 16, 2013
• The number of states plus the District of Columbia where drug busts were traced to medical marijuana purchases in Colorado, according to the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy.

• $5 million
• Source: McClatchy/GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   January 15, 2013
• The amount in federal grants given to states last year -- even though $125 million was appropriated -- so they could create databases of people who are legally barred from buying guns, including the mentally ill. More than half the states have yet to provide mental health records for gun background checks.

• 15
• Source: Tennessean   |   Tennessee   |   January 14, 2013
• The maximum number of bills that representatives in the Tennessee House are now allowed to introduce in one year.

• 700
• Source: Boston Globe   |   Boston   |   January 11, 2013
• The number of confirmed cases of the flu in Boston -- up from just 70 last year, prompting the city to declare a public health emergency.

• 6 months
• Source: Stateline/GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   January 10, 2013
• The amount of time that states have to comply with the 2005 REAL ID Act. This is the fourth extension the federal government has given states -- only 13 of which are currently in compliance.