NEWS IN NUMBERS

20 to 35%

MARCH 30, 2018

Rate at which researchers say opioid-related overdose deaths are undercounted in America.

Source: Kaiser Health News

$1,091

MARCH 29, 2018

Federal health and human services funding that 37 states lost in 2015 for each person missed in the 2010 Census. With the Trump administration planning to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, many officials are worried immigrants will not take the survey.

Source: Governing

$50 to $300 and up

MARCH 28, 2018

Retail price of bulletproof backpacks, which a Louisiana Senate committee voted this week to allow in public schools.

Source: the Louisiana Advocate

1990s

MARCH 27, 2018

Last time the Community Development Block Grant program received a significant increase in funding until last week. Despite President Trump's proposal to eliminate the program, the federal spending bill gives it $300 million more.

Source: Governing

$70,000

MARCH 26, 2018

Salary for the governor of Maine, which is the lowest in the country. The current one, Paul LePage, has proposed doubling it -- to $150,000.

Source: the Portland Press Herald

More than 600 of 1,222

MARCH 23, 2018

Municipal governments that didn't disclose any revenue lost to tax incentives on their annual financial report. A new rule requires them to reveal that information but gives governments the power to decide what's worth reporting.

Source: Governing

$5,000

MARCH 22, 2018

Fine facing public officials in Florida if they enforce a local gun ordinance. They could also be removed from office. In the wake of the Parkland shooting, some cities are planning to sue the state over that preemption law.

Source: Governing

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