News in Numbers
Settlement the state of Missouri is paying a female prison guard who says she was sexually harassed and poisoned by male coworkers.
One-year savings for the state of Louisiana from criminal justice reforms that resulted in its prison population dropping to the lowest level in 30 years.
Taxpayer dollars the state of Texas has paid anti-abortion advocates to help defend its abortion restrictions in federal court. Of the 21 advocates, judges disregarded the testimony of six.
Number of fatal alcohol-impaired driving crashes in 2016, which is the highest since 2009.
Phone number that a woman in Oregon called to report a black woman who was knocking on doors in her neighborhood. The black woman was state Rep. Janelle Bynum, who is running for reelection and was talking to her constituents.
Year that a new ban on California cities passing soda taxes expires. The state is home to the nation's first soda tax -- in Berkeley -- which is allowed to remain intact.
Drop in the number of people Louisiana sent to prison for drug possession during the first year of the state's criminal justice reforms. Once home to the highest rate of prisoners per capita, the state has now dropped to second-highest.
Age that girls in New Hampshire can get married -- one year earlier than the state's legal marriage age for boys. A new law, however, will make it 16 for both genders starting in 2019.
New salary for California governor, which is the highest of all the nation's governors. It reflects a 3 percent raise, which is also being given to the state's legislators.
Ballots not counted in the final round of Maine's primary earlier this month because they did not rank the candidates who ended up being the final two. It was the first time ranked-choice voting was used for a statewide election in the U.S.
Job vacancies in the South Carolina corrections system at the time of a deadly riot in one of the state's prisons in April.
Year that Hispanics are expected to outnumber every other demographic group in Texas.
Miles of adopted highways in Colorado that are paid for by marijuana businesses.
Estimated revenue growth for states from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2018, which is the most since 2015.
Civilian-owned guns in the United States, which outnumbers the population. The country holds roughly 40 percent of the world's firearms but only makes up about 4 percent of the global population.
Number of sessions convened by the Louisiana Legislature in the past three years. The latest session, which began Monday, is already the fourth one called by lawmakers in 2018.
Number of children, according to the Trump administration, who have been separated from parents facing criminal prosecution for unlawfully crossing the border over a six-week period that ended last month. Controversy over the practice has led to growing cries for the White House to end the "zero-tolerance" policy on illegal immigration that it put in place in April.
What people in Hawaii need to earn to afford a two-bedroom apartment at fair market prices without spending more than 30 percent of their income on rent. That so-called housing wage is more than any other state's.
Confederate monuments and symbols that have been taken down since 2015, when a white supremacist killed nine African-Americans in a Charleston, S.C., church. Roughly 1,700 still stand in public spaces.
Jurisdictions that California would be split into if a ballot measure passes in November.
Time that Mark Maggs was handed his termination letter from the Bon Homme County Sheriff's Office in South Dakota -- just one minute after the polls closed for a race between Maggs and the current sheriff. Maggs won.
The number of opioid overdose deaths in Wisconsin in 2016 that were among people age 55 or older. While the majority of deaths from opioids are of those in their 20s and 30s, older adults are an overlooked group that presents special challenges, says Paul Krupski, director of opioid initiatives for the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
Homes that have been destroyed by lava from Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano since May, making it the most damaging eruption since at least 1980.
State legislative seats that Democrats have flipped from red to blue since President Trump took office. Republicans still control the majority of state House and Senate chambers.
Los Angeles County voters accidentally left off the rolls for Tuesday's primary election, which represents 2.3 percent of the county's registered voters. They're being urged to cast provisional ballots.
Amount the state of New York sold a film studio it paid $15 million to build. The project was supposed to create hundreds of jobs, but it was rarely used and got wrapped up in legal battles.
The day the Thomas fire -- which officially burned out last week -- started in California. It was the largest wildfire in the state's modern history.
Money that Vermont is offering people who telework to move there. The state will reimburse them for the cost of moving and renting a co-working space as well as computer software, hardware and internet access.
Californians registered as independent or "no-party-preference" voters, which is about 73,000 more than the number registered as Republicans.
