News in Numbers
The cost of purchasing a pack of cigarettes in South Carolina in 1977 – when the state's current 7¢ cigarette tax was originally put in place.
The amount of money the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee has direct control over annually — more than a third of all federal spending.
The number of primary care doctors the US is estimated to be short of by 2025, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians.
The total amount spent on U.S. health care in 2009. That's $8,047 per person and 17.3 percent of the entire economy.
The cost of a visit to the office of Dr. George Holmes III, a primary care doctor, in 1972.
The minimum eBay bid set for an oil painting of Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, which is being auctioned off by the state Republican Party now...
The amount of additional money Pennsylvania needs annually for their transit systems, according to a state advisory panel.
The planned increase in fares -- the largest in the history of Washington, D.C.'s Metro -- for rail riders, which is intended to...
Gallons of oil spilled by retreating Iraqi forces when they left Kuwait in 1991.
The average number of full-time employees ABC-TV's "Lost" employed each year while filming in Hawaii. Nine out of 10 employees were local hires.
The number of Utah Transit Authority employees who qualify for performance pay and have agreed to forgo any bonuses this year due to tax revenue...
The annual salary of Detroit's new chief operations officer, Bob Buckler, who said he will be donating his $156,000 salary to the city's general fund.
The drop in crime against Seattle taxi drivers when they were required to install cameras. Chicago is now starting to install cameras as well.
The amount California would have to pay in rent over 20 years as a tenant of 11 state properties, if they were to sell them.
The number of potential teacher layoffs without additional funding for schools, according to a warning by U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan. Since the Senate...
The number of viewers when Pinellas County, Fla., held its online e-town hall meeting. The online meeting blog had 602 readers and 304 published comments. Previously, town...
The percent of Americans surveyed that said they trusted the government in Washington "almost always" or "most of the time." This result was among the...
The state of California's 20-year cost to lease back properties it will sell for $2 billion, in an effort to reduce the budget deficit. Under a...
The total sales-tax tab, if Arizona's Prop. 100 passes. The temporary 1-cent-per-dollar increase in the state sales tax is expected to raise about $1 billion a year....
The shortfall in some 59 teacher pension funds, according to a new analysis. The funds promise to pay lifetime benefits to millions of the nation's retired...
The increase in California state workers who took their first pension check in January 2010, over the same month in 2009, a strong indication that the state's...
The annual economic impact of one dairy cow. "So if a thousand cows go into a county, that's $15 million," said Mike Meissen, vice president for...
The amount of overtime made by one Harris County, Texas, deputy sheriff last year. Because of attrition and a hiring freeze, the Sheriff's Office spent $32.6...
The percent of abortions in 2001 directly billed to insurers -- although that may not give a complete picture, according to one study. Shortly after the...
The number of American jobs lost to China since 2001, according to a new study by the Economic Policy Institute. According to the study, the five...
The year Pennsylvania's eight-year political cycle began. Like clockwork, the governorship has switched between Democrats and Republicans every eight years since then, and has spanned 14...
The amount that Kansas tax revenues exceeded the state's projection in March. That helped shrink the state's budget deficit for the next fiscal year from $467...
The growth of Hispanic voters in Texas between the 2000 and 2008 elections. During that time, however, Hispanics made up only about 20 percent of registered voters in...
The last year Newark, N.J., had a murder-free calendar month -- until last month, March 2010, which also had no homicides to report. The first-quarter...
The number of full-time Dayton, Ohio, city employees who moved out of the city since an Ohio Supreme Court ruling last June banned municipalities from...
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