News in Numbers
Number of jobs that have been created or saved by federal contracts under the stimulus law in Michigan, which has the nation's worst unemployment rate,...
Value of a GMC Yukon XL Denali SUV -- with heated leather seats, a Bose stereo system and satellite radio -- leased for $1,053 a month...
Number of contraband cell phones confiscated this year in California's prisons, more than were seized in the previous three years combined
Percentage of state and local tax revenue coming from sales taxes, while property taxes account for 30.1 percent and individual income taxes account for 22.6 percent, according...
Number of people in the United States who are using cellphones while driving at any given moment, according to federal statistics, while safety experts believe...
Homicide clearance rate in Philadelphia, an increase from 60 percent in the two years since Mayor Michael Nutter declared a "crime emergency" and an improvement that...
Number of California state employees who are collecting state pension checks along with their paychecks, 57 percent more than a decade ago, as billions of dollars...
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