NEWS IN NUMBERS

2,800

JANUARY 12, 2018

Votes that may have been mistakenly cast in Virginia in November because, according to a Washington Post analysis, the voters' addresses may have been assigned to the wrong district. Six races were decided by less than 500 votes, and one was decided by a coin flip.

Source: The Washington Post

31,000

JANUARY 11, 2018

Qualified students that California State University turned away last year, which represents the school's most rejections.

Source: the San Francisco Chronicle

$306 billion

JANUARY 10, 2018

Cost of damages from natural disasters that happened in 2017, which is a record high, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Source: Tribune News Service

40%

JANUARY 9, 2018

Portion of plastic discarded in the U.S. last year and then sent to China, the largest global importer of most recyclable materials. That won't be the case anymore, though, because the country recently banned "foreign waste."

Source: Governing

90%

JANUARY 8, 2018

Area of offshore reserves that, under the Trump administration's proposal released on Thursday, would be leased in the next five years to oil and gas companies for drilling. Many coastal governors, including Florida's Rick Scott, a Republican who has a close relationship with the president, immediately opposed the plan.

Source: Tribune News Service

More than 800%

JANUARY 5, 2018

Annual increase in Wyoming's revenue from leasing land to oil and gas companies. The hike is largely due to rebounding oil prices, which hit record lows in 2016, and the Trump administration being friendlier to oil and gas companies than Obama. The state, however, still faces a more than $700 million budget gap.

Source: the Casper Star-Tribune

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