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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

News in Numbers 1-13-16

23

The number of states that let public unions charge fees to government employees who aren't union members. The constitutionality of such fees are being debated in a U.S. Supreme Court case.
TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE | JANUARY 12, 2016

70

The number of earthquakes in Oklahoma last week. In recent years, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas have all had significantly more earthquakes that experts say are caused by oil and gas drilling activity.
USA TODAY | JANUARY 11, 2016

22 million tons

Amount of salt that's scattered on U.S. roads each year, which equates to about 137 pounds for every American.
GOVERNING | JANUARY 8, 2016

96

The number of state and local public health departments (out of 2,615) that have national accreditation. In nearly every state, it's not mandatory.
GOVERNING | JANUARY 7, 2016

57

The number of provisions enacted in 2015 to regulate abortion procedures and providers in more than a dozen states. Several are being challenged, most notably the Texas law that has shuttered dozens of clinics and will go before the U.S. Supreme Court.
THE WASHINGTON TIMES | JANUARY 6, 2016

$15

The soon-to-be new minimum wage for employees at New York state universities -- the same amount set last year for some other public and fast-food workers. The state's minimum wage is only $9.
THE NEW YORK TIMES | JANUARY 5, 2016

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I like these posts.

Anonymous said...

22 million tons
Amount of salt that's scattered on U.S. roads each year, which equates to about 137 pounds for every American.

Imagine the environmental effect of all that salt, yet the environmentalists go beserk over chickenshat.

Anonymous said...

That's more margaritas than anyone should drink!

Anonymous said...

Health departments not accredited? How can that be?