News in Numbers
Job openings in the U.S. in October, which was about 1 million more than the number of unemployed workers. The Midwest, Northeast, South and West all had more jobs available than jobless.
Last day for states to request emergency food stamps funding from the federal government. The Trump administration announced that it can fund the program through February, if the government shutdown continues that long, but the money has to be distributed within 30 days of the shutdown's start.
Average monthly rate of teachers and other public education employees quitting their job in the first 10 months of 2018, which is the highest rate on record.
Last time South Dakota lawmakers received a pay raise -- until this year when their pay nearly doubled from $6,000 to $11,300.
Millennials who won state legislative seats in November, which marks the largest new class of that generation. Nearly 800 ran.
Amount now being offered to people to move to Vermont or Tulsa, Okla., and work remotely. Both regions suffer from a worker shortage.
Places with minimum wages above the federal level. Twenty states have raises taking effect this year.
Catholic clergy in Illinois who have been credibly accused of sexually abusing a child but have not been publicly identified by the church. The state's attorney general found a total of 690 accused.
Maximum strength of beer that Colorado supermarkets and convenience stores can sell -- until Jan. 1 when that Prohibition-era law is repealed.
Gun control laws passed by states this year, reversing the recent trend of most gun legislation expanding access to firearms. Since the Parkland shooting in February, student survivors have lobbied for gun control.
States that allow both religious and personal exemptions and have seen a rise in them since 2009. Twenty-nine other states allow either religious or personal exemptions. Three allow neither.
What Mississippi counties spend a year to jail people who haven't been convicted of crimes, which is more than the state spends on child protective services.
Age of Brandon Wentz when he fatally overdosed on heroin and fentanyl last year. He was the mayor of the small Pennsylvania town called Mount Carbon.
Increase in homes placed under contract in the Crystal City, Va., area from last November to this November, the month that Amazon announced it would build a new headquarters there.
Employees accidentally invited to a potluck hosted by Utah's Department of Corrections. The evite was only meant for 80 people, but a technology glitch sent it to almost the entire state workforce.
Day that Pennsylvania is distributing naloxone, the drug that reverses opioid overdoses, to the public for free at 80 select locations -- mostly government health offices.
Americans with an immediate family member who has been incarcerated in jail or prison, which represents nearly half the population, according to a first-of-its-kind study.
Children who are U.S. citizens who could lose their health insurance if their noncitizen parents take them off Medicaid or CHIP because of a Trump administration proposal to penalize legal immigrants for using certain government benefits. It would hurt their chances of getting green cards or permanent residency status.
Public safety agencies in America that use drones. The latest to start is the New York City Police Department, which will use them for searches and rescues, car crash investigations and monitoring crowds at large events, among other things.
Price that Richland, Wash., pays to have its recycling hauled away. It used to receive $16 per ton for its recyclables. Since China drastically cut back this year on the used paper and plastic it buys from America, the U.S. recycling market has suffered.
Number of abortions in 2015, which is the lowest since Roe v. Wade legalized the procedure in 1973. It represents a 24 percent decline from 2006.
Children who have became uninsured in 2017, the first time the children's uninsured rate has risen since at least 2008.
Time a Georgia woman spent in jail because a drug test falsely labeled a bag of cotton candy as methamphetamine.
People still missing more than two weeks after California's "Camp Fire," which was finally fully contained on Sunday. It was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in the state's history, killing at least 85.
Openly gay and transgender people who will be serving in state legislatures come January, which is a record high. Before the midterms, there were only 119.
People who have become ill from consuming turkey in the past year, as of Nov. 5. Health officials have yet to pinpoint the salmonella outbreak to a single source.
Return on investment the city of Philadelphia would get from putting $3.5 million a year toward legal services for low-income renters facing eviction. It would elicit $45.2 million in annual savings, according to the Philadelphia Bar Association.
