News in Numbers
The proposed raise for Denver’s chief financial officer (CFO). A City Council committee has approved substantial raises for department heads...
The total cost for police overtime in Sacramento, Calif., in 2023. That represented nearly a tenfold increase from 2011...
The share of capital sentences in Louisiana that were reversed between 1976 and 2015...
The number of criminal cases mishandled by a DNA scientist with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation...
Number of new apartments that were completed in the U.S. in 2024, the most in a year since 1974...
The number of workers in Los Angeles County that went on strike this week. It's more than half the number of total county employees...
The increase in residential burglaries in the Altadena area, compared to last year...
The increase in tuition at Oregon’s public universities over the past decade. Campuses are expected to increase tuition 3 to 5 percent for the coming academic year...
The increase in applications from American scientists seeking jobs in Canada from January to March, compared to the same period last year...
The amount the Democratic National Committee (DNC) pledges to send to state parties each month. The money is intended to...
Share of the vote taken in Tuesday’s mayoral primary election in Jackson, Miss., by state Sen. John Hohrn...
The number of state jobs in Pennsylvania that are fully or partially funded by federal dollars. That’s created a conundrum. Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order to encourage the hiring of federal workers who’ve been fired or laid off, but his administration put a hiring freeze in place earlier this month due to uncertainty about federal funding.
The share of federal workers looking to take a job working in state or local government. That’s according to a survey by Civic Match, a nonprofit that helps federal employees and contractors whose jobs are threatened find other roles in public service. The survey found that 13.4 percent of federal workers are “almost certain” to take jobs with states or localities, with 39 percent “very likely” to do so.
The share of Kentucky’s economy that is made up of imports. That’s the highest percentage of any state...
The drop in U.S.-bound ocean freight bookings. Bookings for U.S. imports collapsed by nearly two-thirds the week of April 1-8, when the U.S. imposed a new tariff regime...
The number of vacant state jobs that would be eliminated under a budget proposal from the North Carolina Senate...
The projected deficit for the Los Angeles Unified School District in 2028. Spending has risen dramatically over the past dozen years, despite a sizable drop in student enrollment...
The number of states in which taxpayers will have additional time to file their federal returns...
The number of people jailed in Philadelphia last week. That’s the lowest number in at least a decade ...
The amount that could be raised if Minnesota imposed a tax on social media platforms...
The loss this year in public equity investments among the top 25 state and local pension funds. Over the four trading days between April 3 and 8, the funds lost $169 billion. The funds may face cash flow problems if the economy heads into recession.
The share of Pennsylvania school districts that report they have teacher slots open. The number represents a decline from the previous school year...
Amount a diner paid for a reservation for four via a third-party reservation website at Antoine’s restaurant in New Orleans during Super Bowl weekend. Republican state Rep. Troy Hebert has introduced legislation to ban companies such as Appointment Trader, Dorsia and Wuw Wuw from offering or arranging reservations at restaurants that have not agreed to the service through a contract. Proponents of the practice say that when done properly it benefits both diners and restaurants.
The approximate number of tornadoes reported in the U.S. during the first three months of the year. That is nearly double the 164 that were reported during the same period last year.
Baltimore’s budget shortfall. Mayor Brandon Scott unveiled a budget plan that would address the shortfall ...
The amount that would be devoted to public schools under a budget plan from Ohio House Republican leaders...
The number of students, some as young as 5, who were abused by staff members at a Pennsylvania charter school. Twenty staffers have been charged with inflicting painful punishments including “shoulder work"...
