GOVERNING STATES AND LOCALITIES FACTS AND FIGURES FROM GOVERNING Environment A Dirty Half-Dozen, September 2004 States where industry released more than 200 million pounds of toxic pollutants in 2002 Smog Check, July 2004 Percentage change in ozone levels by EPA region, 1990-2003 Development Loudoun's Growth Spurt, March 2004 Health Care The Federal Spigot, September 2004 Federal matching funds provided for each dollar of state Medicaid spending Policy-Making The Gender Gap, June 2004 Percentage of appointed policy leaders at the state level who are women, 2003 Social Issues Social Service Slide, June 2004 Percentage change in state total public assistance expenditures, by region Minority Report, May 2004 States ranked by percentage of black, Hispanic, Asian and Native American students enrolled in schools that are 90 percent or more minority Taxes and Revenue Tax Breakdown, October 2004 Change in tax collections as a share of state and local revenue A Tax Case, September 2004 State rankings based on impact of taxes on salary, real estate, personal property and retirement assets Technology Mixing It Up, March 2004 Top 10 in a sampling of large cities using participatory technologies Transportation Gas Cap, June 2004 Metro areas with the biggest gap between gas tax revenues sent to the federal government and federal transportation dollars returned to spend on projects, 1998-2003 Voting Technology at the Polls, November 2004 Percentage of registered voters who will use each type of voting equipment in the November 2004 election Wages Wage Gap Map, July 2004 States ranked by women's earnings per $1 of men's earnings for full-time, year-found employment, 2002