News in Numbers
The amount of new tax revenue that longer bar hours in Seattle could generate, according to the mayor. The city council plans to ask the state for permission to serve alcohol beyond the current legal 2 a.m. cutoff.
The average number of new state laws each year that began as model bills from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which is made up of corporations who pay membership fees to work with lawmakers in drafting legislation.
The proposed pay cap for NFL players under a deal agreed upon by the league's owners. The players have until Tuesday to approve the collective bargaining agreement, which would end the four-month-long lockout.
The campaign donation that Ohio Gov. John Kasich received last year from CEO Rupert Murdoch of News Corp., which hacked the cell phones of the families of 9/11 victims in search of news stories. Ohio Democrats are asking the governor to donate the money to charity.
The number of marriage licenses that New York City will issue through a lottery for this Sunday, the first day the state will allow same-sex marriage. This will be the most weddings that the city has ever performed in one day.
The approximate percentage of junior high and high school students in Texas who get suspended or expelled, according to a report that tracked about 1 million schoolchildren for six years.
The percent of exonerations that involve wrongfully convicted people who pleaded guilty. States are taking steps to prevent the imprisonment of innocent people, but some oppose helping those that pleaded guilty.
The number of transportation secretaries that Massachusetts has had since Governor Patrick took office in 2007. With the recent resignation of Jeffrey Mullan, the administration is on the hunt for its fourth transit chief in four years.
The portion of people who signed a petition to repeal Maryland's new immigrant tuition law using a website. This is the first time in two decades that enough signatures have been collected to suspend a Md. law and many say it's because of the online petition.
The length of time a person will lose their federal welfare benefits if they refuse to take a drug test or test positive for them. Under the new Missouri law, people can be tested if there's reasonable suspicion they're using illegal drugs.
The number of residential property owners in New York City who got approval to install solar panels in fiscal year 2010. A lengthy and confusing approval process, among other things, has kept people from going solar.
The portion of Mississippi residents who have tested positive for HIV and are not receiving treatment for it -- a rate comparable to Botswana, Rwanda and Ethiopia.
The distance away from an oil spill site that shows shoreline contamination in Montana. A 12-inch Exxon pipeline burst a week and a half ago, pouring 1,000 barrels of oil into one of America's most pristine rivers not too far from Yellowstone National Park.
The hourly cost to employers for a state or local government worker, compared to $28.10 for a private sector employee in the first quarter of 2011.
The payout a California state prison psychiatrist received for more than 2 1/2 years of unused sick time. New data shows that more than 1,400 Golden State workers, including psychiatrists, were paid in excess of $200,000 last year.
The average number of suicides each year, which is the nation's second highest rate, at Allegheny County Jail in Pennsylvania from 2000-07.
The amount of spending cuts that the South Carolina legislature kept after overriding the rest of Gov. Nikki Haley's $213 million cuts. Entrepreneurship, SAT and college prep programs got the ax.
The annual tuition at Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas -- the cheapest rate in the country. In compliance with the law, all colleges recently published their rates and the most expensive ones must explain their high costs to the Education Department.
The percent of state revenue growth in the first three months of 2011, compared to a .64% drop in local government revenue. Part of the difference is because states depend on sales and income taxes, which bounce back faster than the property taxes that local governments rely on.
The number of New Yorkers who admitted to getting lost in the city in the last week. The city recently unveiled plans to install street signs throughout to help tourists (and residents) get around and also to encourage walking.
The number of physics teachers that Georgia colleges produced in 2008, prompting an incentive plan, which was just recently funded, to pay new math and science teachers $1,461 to $6,577 more.
The number of states -- most recently Colorado -- that no longer cover circumcision for newborn boys under Medicaid. San Francisco will be the first city to hold a public vote on whether to ban the practice.
The percent of eligible schools that opted into Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell's merit-pay program for teachers, citing concerns about the criteria used to judge teachers, the sustainability of the initiative and the accelerated implementation timeline.
The number of feet above sea level that the Souris River was expected to crest at the Broadway Bridge, which would be the highest level ever recorded for the river in Minot, N.D.'s, history. say city officials. Residents in evacuation zones had until 6 p.m. June 22 to leave homes and businesses.
The estimated costs of the death penalty per year in California. This estimate comes from an examination of state, federal and local expenditures for capital cases, conducted over three years by a senior federal judge and a law professor.
The number of living victims of state-sponsored sterilization in North Carolina -- the most of any state. Because of its association with Nazi Germany, most states stopped sterilization efforts post-WWII, but N.C. expanded them and is now trying to compensate its victims.
The maximum payout a new Tennessee law allows a person to get from a lawsuit involving serious spinal cord injuries, severe burns or the death of a parent of minor children.
The amount that the NYC Department of Education is cutting from its custodial budget. A representative for school custodian engineers says it will inevitably lead to dirtier schools.
The maximum annual salary -- down from the current $24,645 -- a family of three could earn to qualify for Medicaid under N.J. Governor Chris Christie's proposal to tighten the program's eligibility.
The percent of public schools that would be classified as failing and face sanctions under the No Child Left Behind Act, according to Ed Secretary Arne Duncan's predictions. If Congress doesn't change the law, he may grant states waivers from it.
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