• 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.

• 5 years
• Source: Denver Post   |   Colorado   |   January 9, 2013
• The amount of time after oil and gas drilling occurs that companies in Colorado must test the area's groundwater. Two other states require drilling companies to test groundwater, but Colorado became the first state Monday to require testing after drilling occurs.

• 37
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   January 8, 2013
• The number of states where, as of this year, one political party will hold both the legislature and governorship.

• $80 billion
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   January 7, 2013
• The amount that states as a whole spend each year on incentives and tax breaks for businesses.

• $85 billion
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   January 4, 2013
• The new amount of automatic federal spending cuts -- as a result of the fiscal cliff deal -- that will occur in March, down from the $109 billion in cuts that was set to take effect in January.

• 24 years old
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Ithaca, N.Y.   |   January 3, 2013
• The age that Ithaca, N.Y., Mayor Svante Myrick was when he took office last January. Myrick is one of several young mayors around the country bringing a fresh perspective and new energy to public office.

• 22
• Source: AP   |   Philadelphia   |   January 2, 2013
• The number of Philadelphia high schools that will have free condom dispensers installed by the time students return from winter break.

• 127
• Source: The Arizona Republic   |   December 28, 2012
• The number of federal, state and local police officers that have died so far on the job in 2012, according to The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.

• 37
• Source: Governing   |   December 27, 2012
• The number of schools that Philadelphia Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. is attempting to close. There will be a vote on the measure in March 2013.