• 19%
• Source: Detroit Free Press   |   Michigan   |   December 20, 2012
• The sharp rise in the portion of people who no longer approve of Gov. Rick Snyder since he signed controversial legislation to make Michigan the 24th state with a "right-to-work" law.

• 8.7%
• Source: McClatchy/GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   December 19, 2012
• The increase in the portion of people killed while riding a bicycle from 2010 to 2011. While bike deaths increased, the number of people killed in traffic accidents overall dropped to its lowest since 1949.

• 21
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   December 18, 2012
• The number of states still projecting general fund revenues below FY 2008 levels, according to a survey of state budget officials.

• 4:30 a.m.
• Source: McClatchy/GOVERNING   |   Michigan   |   December 17, 2012
• The time that the Michigan Legislature ended its lame duck session early Friday morning after rushing to pass a number of bills, including ones that would ease gun restrictions, make it tougher to recall state lawmakers, and replace the emergency manager law that voters struck down in November.

• 12%
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   December 14, 2012
• The rate of Americans who moved this year, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. View which states had the most people move away from and into their region.

• 9
• Source: Texas Tribune/GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   December 13, 2012
• The number of states where it is illegal to get an abortion after 20 weeks. Texas may become the 10th state with such a law because Gov. Rick Perry recently indicated that he would sign such a bill, if introduced and passed by the Legislature.

• 6 years
• Source: USA Today   |   Vermont   |   December 12, 2012
• The number of years in a row that Vermont has ranked as the healthiest state in the nation on the United Health Foundation's annual report.

• May 15, 2014
• Source: GT/GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   December 11, 2012
• The date that nearly every American should be allowed to send text messages to 911.

• 11%
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   December 10, 2012
• The rise in state revenues from fiscal year 2010 to fiscal year 2011, according to new census data. Much of the increase can be attributed to social insurance trust revenue, which includes retirements and insurance contributions and investment earnings.

• 59%
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   December 7, 2012
• The graduation rate for D.C. public high schools, which is lower than that of all 50 states. View detailed data for each state.

• 2
• Source: USA Today   |   Nation   |   December 6, 2012
• The number of states -- Maryland and Connecticut -- that require schools to have carbon monoxide (CO) alarms to detect the toxic gas that's often referred to as "the silent killer." At least 244 people were hospitalized or treated for CO poisoning in schools this year and last.

• 40% to 95%
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Hennepin County, Minn.   |   December 5, 2012
• The amount that Hennepin County, Minn., reduced Medicaid costs by for its most expensive participants through a pilot program called Hennepin Health.

• 3,000%
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Milwaukee   |   December 4, 2012
• The increase in traffic to the Milwaukee police department's website since it relaunched and now has the feeling of a first-person video game and aims to replace the media as the public’s go-to source for crime information.

• 22%
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   December 3, 2012
• The portion of public employers who report that employees are speeding up their retirement plans, according to the Center for State and Local Government Excellence. Read our series on aging in America at governing.com/generations.
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• Zero
• Source: CNN   |   New York City   |   November 30, 2012
• The number of reported slayings, stabbings, shootings or knifings in New York City this past Monday -- marking the "first time in memory" that the city has had a day without any of those crimes, according to the deputy police commissioner.