News in Numbers
The year that Kansas outlawed happy hour. The state House recently passed a bill to allow bars, restaurants and clubs to sell alcohol at different prices at different times of the day again.
The drop in salmonella infections in New York City from 2010 to 2011 -- the first full year the city gave letter grades to restaurants based on their sanitary conditions.
The number of female mayors in the nation's 100 largest cities. In state legislatures, women make up 23 percent of elected representatives.
The number of delegates at stake in today's GOP presidential primaries in Virginia, Vermont, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Ohio, North Dakota, Massachusetts, Idaho, Georgia and Alaska. 1,144 are needed for the nomination.
The number of states considering bills to ban the use of foreign laws in U.S. courtrooms. Critics say it's a response to a made-up threat of Shariah law, the Islamic legal code.
The number of jobs that could be lost by 2016 if paid sick leave legislation is passed in Massachusetts, according to the National Federation of Independent Business.
The strength of the tornado that touched down in Harrisburg, Ill. An EF4 rating is the second strongest rating a tornado can get based on damage. The tornado, killing six, had winds up to 170 mph according to scientists.
The number of delegates at stake in the Michigan and Arizona Republican primaries Feb. 28.
The rise in methamphetamine lab seizures from 2010 to 2011. Clandestine meth labs are most common in the Midwest and the South.
The portion of adults who had a bachelor's degree as of last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The country's rate of college-educated adults is a record high, but the U.S. still dropped in global rankings.
The amount of money Pennsylvania has made from selling items, such as pocket knives and scissors, that the Transportation Security Administration confiscated from airline passengers since 2004.
The amount of money unions are planning to spend this year to help re-elect President Barack Obama. They spent $400 million during the 2008 election, but are expected to spend more during this race.
The portion of waste that San Francisco diverts from landfills through recycling and composting. San Francisco was the first major U.S. city to require composting in 2009.
The number of states that received waivers from the federal health law's medical loss ratio, which requires insurers to spend at least 80 percent of premiums on medical care or give customers rebates. The Department of Health and Human Services denied waivers to ten states.
The number of prisoners per 100,000 residents in Louisiana in 2010 -- the highest imprisonment rate of any state that year. Maine had the lowest with 148.
The average number of days it takes for the Pennsylvania Police's Bureau of Forensic Services to return a DNA sample that only takes 1-2 days to process in the lab. Officials say the long wait -- caused by a backlog of more than 1,700 cases -- jeopardizes and delays investigations.
The current number of registered voters in Chicago -- the lowest since 1942 when the city began keeping such records.
The minimum retirement age that the firefighters union in St. Louis has proposed under a pension reform plan that would make deep cuts to future employees' benefits but leave current employees' benefits intact. The union announced its plan before the mayor.
The amount of money that Oregon agencies have saved on travel costs by using web conferencing for just 18 months.
The number of major environmental or safety violations that oil and gas companies that drill on public lands received from 1998 to 2011, according to a new report, which also shows that only 6 percent of the more than 2,000 total violations during that period resulted in monetary fines.
The portion of public universities that require students to have health insurance. At the end of February, Michigan State will start automatically enrolling uninsured freshmen in the school's health plan.
The number of District of Columbia government employees that were suspended for receiving unemployment benefits while working for the city. Each may be fired and/or prosecuted for fraud.
The number of offenders -- about 5,600 of whom are violent -- who are currently off Florida's radar. Most fled work camps or release programs or stopped calling probation officers.
The number of failing schools that Newark, N.J., Superintendent Cami Anderson plans to close next school year -- a potentially controversial move after talk of school consolidation spurred outrage last year. She also wants to expand access to the city’s exclusive magnet schools.
The estimated amount of state income and sales taxes that Alabama is losing because of its controversial immigration law that caused illegal immigrants to flee the state, according to a cost-benefit analysis.
The number of states without an income tax. Republican lawmakers in seven other states are trying to reduce or eliminate the tax.
The number of children who died from abuse or neglect after entering Colorado's child welfare program. Each case was riddled with a possible policy violation on the part of county social workers.
The estimated savings that states could achieve over five years from proposed regulations on Medicaid prescription drugs, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The number of tacos that immigration reform advocates sent East Haven, Conn., Mayor Joseph Maturo after he remarked that he "might have tacos" to support the Latino community. The mayor's comment sparked calls for his resignation from media and the city's Democrats.
The maximum fine that, if an Illinois bill passes, online-dating services like Match.com would face if they failed to post prominently and repeatedly on their websites whether they do background checks on users.
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