News in Numbers
Portion of children born in the United States to mothers who get Medicaid benefits.
Amount Chicago proposes paying dozens of torture victims connected to former Police Commander Jon Burge and his so-called midnight crew of rogue detectives, who solved murder, rape and arson cases by torturing suspects into confessing.
Residents of Pickett County, Tenn., who are worried about climate change, which is the lowest percent of any U.S. county. Washington, D.C., residents are the most worried (74 percent), compared to 52 percent nationwide.
Portion of recently hired New York City correction officers whose applications should have disqualified them.
The decrease in the number of Washington, D.C., businesses with five to nine employees between 1998 and 2012. During that time, D.C.'s increase in big retailers outpaced the nation's by 30 percent.
Number of people in southeastern Indiana who have tested positive for HIV in the state's largest-ever outbreak of the virus among intravenous drug users.
Amount the Virginia governor proposed borrowing to replace voting machines after a report called into question their accuracy and security. The legislature, though, nixed the item from the budget.
Portion of California's water that's consumed by farming. Gov. Jerry Brown last week announced the state's first mandatory water restrictions, but they mostly apply to urban and suburban water usage.
Number of men in the Maryland General Assembly who joined the Women Legislators of Maryland this year. They're the first male lawmakers in the country to serve on a state legislative women's caucus.
Portion of people in Washington, D.C., who refer to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as "National." Many in the area, especially Democrats, still refuse to call it "Reagan."
Number of Washington, D.C., students (out of 47,548) who applied in the first round to attend a school different from the one in their neighborhood for 2015-16.
Number of new HIV cases in Scott County, Ind., since mid-December, prompting the governor to declare a public health emergency last week.
Cost of Louisiana's entertainment tax credits for every $1 of state revenue the credits generate.
Median annual household income of Seattle residents who identified themselves as middle class. The median income of Cleveland residents who identified as middle class, in contrast, was $32,000.
Number of Utah's 8 death row inmates who have chosen to die by firing squad since the state decided last week to bring back the execution method.
Revenue from the 350 varieties of specialty license plates available to residents of Texas last year. Texas' rejection of a license plate with the Confederate flag is now the subject of a free speech case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Amount Maryland officials and Gov. Larry Hogan are willing to spend on transportation and infrastructure to persuade the FBI to move its headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Prince George's County, Md.
Increase in out-of-state undergraduate applications to the University of Colorado, Boulder since the state opened its first recreational marijuana store last year.
Number of district court lawsuits filed in 2014 by Dale Maisano, an inmate in Florence, Ariz., serving time for aggravated assault. Most of the suits were over food and health quality issues.
Approximate amount Ohio will pay Ricky Jackson, a 59-year-old Cleveland man who spent 39 years in prison for a 1975 murder he didn't commit.
Amount Massachusetts health exchange officials racked up in taxpayer-funded expenses, including a harbor boat cruise, luxury hotel stays, and a $285 cake to celebrate the launch of the Affordable Care Act.
Amount the Texas Department of Transportation will return to tollway users who have been overbilled.
Amount the Secret Service wants lawmakers to provide to build a scale replica of the White House in Beltsville, Md. It would be used to train agents to better protect the presidential mansion.
Number of congressional districts in which trade with China has produced more jobs than it's cost.
Time after which New York state workers’ emails are automatically deleted by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration. The purge policy has recently come under fire.
Number of collisions between Washington, D.C., streetcars (which aren't in operation for passengers yet) and motor vehicles since October.
Number of public transit trips Americans took in 2014, which is the most since 1957.
Amount Texas owed in back rent for the building in London it used from 1842 to 1845 when it was an independent sovereign country to conduct diplomatic relations. Texas finally settled up in 1986.
