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Week of Oct 12 – 2026 (day: 18)

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The map — Oct 12 – 2026 (day: 18)

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Health
$1.0T

P&C insurers held $1.0T in reserves for claims on policies…

Contracting
$8,246,338.64

A Texas audit gave Covenant Kids Inc. a Priority fiscal-ris…

Labor
41.3¢ vs 10.3¢

Of each 2025 output dollar, publishing (about 86% of it sof…

Labor
48 agreements

A June 2026 DOL-OIG audit found 48 deals sharing confidenti…

Housing
3.32%

Banks earned 5.35% on earning assets and paid 2.03% to fund…

Health
0

The IRS ran no reasonable-suspicion drug tests in FYs 2022-…

Housing
38.0¢

Each $1 of the $6.49T spent on goods in 2025, in rounded ce…

Housing
Level 2 of 5

FHFA's FY2026 FISMA audit rated its security program Level…

Housing
64.2%

Of $15.0T in one-to-four-family mortgages, $9.6T ran throug…

Housing
44.8%

Trucks carried 73.5% of the $18.0T of goods shipped in 2022…

Health
Level 2 of 5

Housing-finance, health, nuclear and aviation regulators ea…

Health
3 reports

Three 2026 LAO reports, three levers -- frozen county healt…

Health
80¢–85¢

At least 80¢ of every premium dollar must buy care (85¢ lar…

Justice
$65.4M

Indiana met its priority-areas victim-funding rule but neve…