News in Numbers
Tenants who comes to court with an attorney. Landlords, meanwhile, almost always have legal representation.
Deadline that a judge gave Missouri to officially deny or grant a license renewal for the state's only abortion clinic.
People who are being kicked off Medicaid in Georgia because, according to the state, they did not respond to renewal notices. Patients say they never received them; their lawyers say there's evidence that they were never sent.
Ice cream trucks that New York City seized last week for repeatedly violating traffic laws and not paying fines.
Size of the disaster relief bill that Congress sent to President Trump this week. The passage of the package ends what was the longest delay between a disaster and congressional aid.
Amount that New York spends on education per pupil, which is the most of any state. Idaho, Oklahoma and Utah spend the least -- less than $8,000 per pupil.
The average cost of a funeral at a time when 40 percent of Americans can’t even afford an unexpected expense of just $400.
States that have applied for the "State Relief and Empowerment Waiver" that the Trump administration started offering last fall. It would allow states to sell health insurance plans that don't comply with Obamacare regulations, such as the preexisting condition protections, and use federal subsidies to make them more affordable.
Municipalities that have suffered a ransomware attack this year, which is on track to exceed last year's total. Baltimore was hacked in early May and still hasn't gotten its services back up and running. It asked the federal government for financial aid.
Mayors who mentioned infrastructure in their State of the City address this year and last year. In 2016, only 31 percent talked about the topic; In 2017, 48 percent.
States that have only one abortion clinic: Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota and West Virginia. Come Friday, Missouri's could lose its license, which would make it the only state without one.
State legislators who are Republican women, which represents a decline from before the 2018 midterm elections. Democratic women, by contrast, increased their numbers after November.
States where the measles has made a comeback in the last year, most recently in Maine. The vaccine-preventable infection can cause pneumonia, encephalitis, brain damage and death.
Children at risk of losing their home because a proposed U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development rule would disqualify families from living in public housing if they have an undocumented person living with them.
Money that Mississippi lawmakers gave to Weight Watchers from 2011 to 2016 so teachers could sign up for weight-loss courses at subsidized rates. Most of it came from education funding, and less than $1 million was spent on that purpose.
Unexpected expense that almost half (49 percent) of rural Americans can't afford.
Average amount of the 1998 tobacco settlement, worth $246 billion, that states spent on health care. Nearly as much -- 23 percent -- went to cover budget deficits. Settlements from opioid companies, sued for their role in the opioid crisis, are starting to roll in.
Money for California's high-speed rail project that the Trump administration is threatening to take back -- on top of the $929 million that it already canceled last week. The state already spent the $2.5 billion.
Money the New Mexico governor's office spent this week to bus a group of asylum seekers to Colorado because shelters in her state were at capacity.
States where medical marijuana is legal and patients are protected from employment discrimination either through legislation or rulings.
While many think it might be the District of Columbia or Puerto Rico, there's also a push to make it Chicago. Eight Illinois lawmakers, all Republicans, have cosigned a statehood resolution.
Amount by which Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc is accused of inflating some drug prices. More than 40 state attorneys general are suing the drug company.
States where at least one legislative chamber has passed a resolution that declares pornography consumption a public health crisis. The Republican Party made the issue part of its national platform in 2016.
Loss in gross domestic product that Texas could suffer in a three-month span from increased wait times at the state's ports of entry. In March, the Trump administration ordered hundreds of customs officers to instead help the U.S. Border Patrol, potentially slowing down trade with Mexico.
Voting-age population that cast a ballot in the 2018 midterms, which is a 12-point increase from the 2014 midterms.
What the U.S. spends, per person, on prescription drugs. Canada, by comparison, spends only $669. To lower costs, some states, cities and counties are importing drugs from Canada.
States that collected more income tax revenue last year than they did before the 2008 recession, even when inflation is taken into account. Federal tax reform and the economy both offered a boost.
Settlement that drug distributor McKesson Corp. has agreed to pay West Virginia for its role in the opioid epidemic. A month earlier, Purdue Pharma settled a similar lawsuit with Oklahoma for $270 million.
Measure by which a Medicaid expansion vote failed in the Kansas Senate this week. Kansas is one of the 14 states that has not made more low-income people eligible for the government's low-cost health care.
Time that a Mississippi prison has been on lockdown due to a shortage of corrections officers. Most of the inmates are locked in their cells for 23 hours a day and not allowed visitors.
