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Sunday, September 27, 2015

News In Numbers

$130

Price of a small vial of medical marijuana in Minnesota, which is more than double the cost of a similar product in Colorado, driving some patients to buy the drug illegally (and cheaper) instead.
AP | SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

14.4%

Portion of American city managers who are women. In the 1980s, it was 13 percent.
GOVERNING | SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

195

Number of the 12,000 new children in New York City's pre-K program who live in the city's poorest ZIP codes. Research shows that kids from low-income families benefit from pre-K the most.
PROPUBLICA | SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

75%

Increase in the number of newborns, toddlers and preschoolers in Vermont's custody over the past 18 months as the state cracked down on parents addicted to heroin.
THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS | SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

57%

Portion of teenagers in Utah who live with their married, biological parents, compared to just 32 percent in Mississippi.
HARPER'S | SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

$10,000

Amount Arizonans donated to a police charity for the chance to tase Glendale’s mayor in June. "You gotta do something a little crazy" to get people interested, said Mayor Jerry Weiers.
CBS SPORTS | SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

43%

Portion of Louisiana state lawmakers who were automatically re-elected this week because no one ran against them.
THE NEW ORLEANS TIMES-PICAYUNE | SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

423,000

Approximate number of people who lost health insurance this year because of "immigration and citizenship issues" -- nearly four times as last year. Advocates say the overwhelming majority of them are legal U.S. residents and citizens victimized by the inefficient system for checking documents.
AP/YAHOO NEWS | SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

10,000

The number of Virginians with criminal records whose voting rights have been restored by Gov. Terry McAuliffe. Ex-offenders in the state can now vote, run for public office and serve on juries.
CHARLOTTESVILLE NEWSPLEX | SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

$80,000

Annual salary of Kim Davis, the municipal clerk from Kentucky who spent five nights in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. She returns to work Monday.
THE LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER | SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

72

Number of the 101 recent cigarette tax increases across the country that failed to meet their initial revenue targets.
GOVERNING | SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

$6.4 million

Amount the city of Baltimore has tentatively agreed to pay the family of Freddie Gray, who suffered a fatal spinal injury while in police custody in April. The settlement exceeds the combined total of more than 120 other lawsuits brought against Baltimore police.
THE BALTIMORE SUN | SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

345

Total number of shootings in New York City between June 1 and August 31, which makes this summer one of the safest in 25 years.
NEW YORK MAGAZINE | SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

27

Number of Alaskans who were approved for Medicaid on the first day that the state started offering public health insurance to more people.
ALASKA DISPATCH NEWS | SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

120

Number of new HIV cases prevented over a two-year period by lifting Washington, D.C.'s ban on spending city money on needle exchange programs.
THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR | SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

20%

Portion of people with mental illness who were arrested within a year after participating in Miami's postbooking diversion program to keep them in treatment and out of jail. In contrast, 72 percent of those who didn't participate in the program returned to jail within one year.
GOVERNING | SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

30

Number of U.S. cities that reported increases in violence in the last year, following years of declining murder rates.
THE NEW YORK TIMES | SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

$120 million

Amount that Alaska loses in revenue for every $5 drop in oil prices. The state’s budget relies heavily on oil revenue, so declining prices have caused major financial problems.
THE ATLANTIC | SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

18%

Decline in daily traffic delays in the Washington, D.C., area during the summer. Gridlock returns on “Terrible Tuesday,” the morning after Labor Day.
THE WASHINGTON POST | AUGUST 31, 2015

299 billion

Estimated number of cigarettes that Americans smoked in 2010, down from 456 billion in 2000. States that depend heavily on cigarette tax revenue face funding problems because the money tobacco brings in is declining.
GOVERNING | AUGUST 28, 2015

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I can see where Maryland will make sure the street price for pot is not threatened and will ensure the current black markets thrive.
Medical Marijuana Laws are about keeping our newly self anointed elites out of the Courtrooms and paying for Lawyers.