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News in Numbers

Enrollment decline in Alabama’s K-12 schools for the 2025-26 school year, a decrease of 0.8 percent and the biggest enrollment drop in 40 years ...
The number of mail ballots returned so far in California’s Nov. 4 special election to redraw the state’s congressional districts — an unexpectedly high early turnout for an off-year vote ...
75%
China's share of all global patent applications for clean energy technologies increased from around 5 percent in 2000 to around 75 percent in 2022 ...
$11
The cost per pen for California’s new state-branded insulin, available to residents starting Jan. 1 under the CalRx initiative to lower prescription drug prices ...
1
The number of bids the Bureau of Land Management received for a coal mining lease covering millions of acres in eastern Montana ...
Approximate number of flood-prone homes that have been purchased and razed ...
Increase in the nation’s prison population in 2023, the second consecutive year the number of people incarcerated in state and federal prisons grew ...
Growth in solar and wind generation exceeded the increase in global electricity demand by 9 percent in the first half of 2025 ...
The prison sentence former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan began serving Monday at a federal facility in West Virginia for public corruption ...
The share of Bay Area retirees who say they’re just making ends meet ...
53%
The share of U.S. flight delays now caused by air traffic control staffing shortages, according to the Federal Aviation Administration ...
24%
That’s the new wholesale tax on marijuana in Michigan, signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as part of a budget deal to boost road funding ...
The size of Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens’ new Neighborhood Reinvestment Plan ...
53%
That’s the share of U.S. adults who believe artificial intelligence will make people less creative ...
8%
The decline in patients who crossed state lines for abortions during the first half of 2025 compared with the same period in 2024 ...
The new estimated cost of building the Brightline West high-speed rail line from Las Vegas to Southern California ...
38%
The share of Americans who say Republicans would be to blame for the government shutdown ...
Estimate of the cost in pay, not including the costs of meals, lodging and transportation, of deploying 200 Oregon National Guard troops to Portland for 60 days ...
The amendments to the U.S. Constitution missing from thousands of “Trump Bibles” distributed to Oklahoma public schools ...
54%
Share of Americans who say the country’s best days are already behind it ...
54%
Share of Miami-Dade households below the ALICE — asset-limited, income constrained, employed — threshold ...
46%
Share of Americans who say they would ascend to heaven if the Rapture occurred ...
68%
Share of Americans who say it is unacceptable for the government to pressure broadcasters to remove shows it disagrees with ...
18%
The decline in reported crime in Washington, D.C., during the first 30 days...
The number of federal jobs Maryland has lost since January ...
66%
Share of Americans who say it is acceptable to criticize living public figures ...
The net amount that California received in federal aid in 2023 ...
The partisan tie in the Minnesota House, which was restored by a special election ...
The number of states where poverty dropped last year ....
Compensation the U.S. Department of Justice is seeking in a lawsuit against Uber ...