For example, California, the country's largest and most financially distressed state, spends less than $ 14 out of its $ 8,955 per - pupil total educational outlay on statewide standardized testing. (educationnext.org)
Six states in the Southeast were among the 10 most distressed states in the country. (debthelp.com)
What made the case so unusual is that the company, Guangxi Nonferrous Metals Group, was the first major state - owned firm to be placed into involuntary liquidation, at a time that the embedded political preference — especially local levels of government — is to keep distressed state firms alive. (macropolo.org)