Daily puzzle · 11 October 2026
Guess the state, 11 October 2026
Five facts about the same US state or the District of Columbia, every one of them read off a public record and checked back against the page it came from. They get more specific as you go.
Clue 1
Measured from — the date of the denial
Criminal record expungement and sealing waiting periods by state
Clue 2
AG notice resident-count trigger — more than one thousand individuals
US state data breach notification deadlines by state
Clue 3
Deadline — sixty days
Deadlines to notify or sue a government body, by state
Clue 4
Indexing method — Indexed annual increases began Jan. 2021. (2016 ballot measure)
US minimum wage rates by state, city, and worker type
Clue 5
Cap amount — No law shall be enacted in this state limiting the amount of damages to be recovered for causing the death or injury of any person
Medical malpractice noneconomic damages caps by state
The answer, and where these facts came from
It was Arizona. Each clue is a value one of these records publishes — open any of them for the source page and the sentence on it that says so.
- Measured from: the date of the denialazleg.gov · checked Criminal record expungement and sealing waiting periods by state
- AG notice resident-count trigger: more than one thousand individualsazleg.gov · checked US state data breach notification deadlines by state
- Deadline: sixty daysazleg.gov · checked Deadlines to notify or sue a government body, by state
- Indexing method: Indexed annual increases began Jan. 2021. (2016 ballot measure)ncsl.org · checked US minimum wage rates by state, city, and worker type
- Cap amount: No law shall be enacted in this state limiting the amount of damages to be recovered for causing the death or injury of any personazleg.gov · checked Medical malpractice noneconomic damages caps by state