kaestnerr posted on January 14, 2011 00:03
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/01/13/16landscape.h30.html?Intc=EW-QC11-ENL
Though nearly every state felt the sting of what has been called the
worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, a complex and varied
set of regional factors amplified the fiscal damage for states already
struggling with budget pressures, while leaving a handful of others
virtually unscathed.