• 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.

• 76%
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   December 26, 2012
• The percent of libraries that offer e-books for checkout.

• $9.19
• Source: Stateline   |   Washington state   |   December 21, 2012
• The new minimum wage in Washington state, as of Jan. 1, 2013. Washington is one of ten states increasing their minimum wage in the new year. The federal minimum wage is $7.25.

• 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.