• 41
• Source: GOVERNING   |   California   |   November 8, 2012
• The number of cohousing developments -- where residents live in and run communal facilities -- in California, which is more than in any other state. Once a relative novelty, cohousing developments continue to increase in popularity.

• 1800s
• Source: Raleigh News & Observer   |   North Carolina   |   November 7, 2012
• The last time North Carolina had a Republican governor and GOP-dominated Legislature. Pat McCrory changed that Tuesday night when he became the state's first Republican governor in 20 years.

• 21
• Source: GOVERNING   |   The West   |   November 6, 2012
• The age that adults can legally possess marijuana in Colorado, Oregon and Washington state if voters approve making their state the first to legalize marijuana for recreational use.

• 120 billion
• Source: Governing   |   Montana   |   November 5, 2012
• The estimated number of tons Montana has in its coal reserves, which represents one-quarter of all U.S. reserves.

• 142,000
• Source: The New York Times   |   November 2, 2012
• The number of people licensed to carry concealed weapons in Oklahoma who can now carry them openly in a belt or shoulder holster, loaded or unloaded, thanks to a new law that took effect November 1st.

• 18.14 million
• Source: The Los Angeles Times   |   November 1, 2012
• The record number of Californians that have registered to vote for the Nov. 6 election, as of October 31st. The state attributes the surge to implementation of online voter registration.

• $180 million
• Source: Stateline   |   October 31, 2012
• The value of the contract the state of Idaho signed last week with Hewlett Packard to provide laptops to all high school students in the state by the fall of 2015. The laptops are part of a series of education reforms passed last year that voters will have the opportunity to overturn at the polls next week.

• $1.4 million
• Source: Governing   |   October 30, 2012
• The amount of money the city of Lock Haven, Penn. expects to bring in over the next decade by selling credits their government-owned forests can earn for sequestering carbon dioxide gases.

• $3.6 million
• Source: Reuters   |   October 29, 2012
• The number of Social Security numbers that were exposed to a hacker in a recent cyber attack of the Department of Revenue's computers in South Carolina.

• 75%
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Kansas   |   October 26, 2012
• The estimated rise in gambling addictions in a community when a casino opens nearby, according to a health impact assessment by the Kansas Health Institute. Kansas lawmakers have proposed making it easier for developers to open a casino.

• 2/3
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   October 25, 2012
• The portion of states that levy an estate tax based on the federal system and would have to decide whether to create an estate tax of their own if Mitt Romney becomes president and ends the federal estate tax, as he plans.

• 11
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   October 24, 2012
• The number of states that restrict ex-felons from voting, even after they’re released from prison.

• 6th
• Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution   |   Atlanta   |   October 23, 2012
• The federal judicial district that includes Atlanta ranked sixth nationwide in 2011 for public corruption convictions -- a steep rise from 2006 when it ranked 51st.
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• 62%
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   October 22, 2012
• The portion of public officials who believe the Obama administration's policies support their state or local government, compared to only 29 percent who said the same about Congress' policies, according to a Governing survey.

• $26,600
• Source: Inside Higher Ed   |   Nation   |   October 19, 2012
• The average debt that students in the class of 2011 graduated with, which is a 5 percent increase from the previous year, according to a new report.