Traveling through 25 states in three months, Bathum and three colleagues tried to set up accounts in any store that might carry the shoes.
Last year, the Centre on Budget and Policy Priorities found that only three states had enough reserves to maintain spending through a three-year recession without tax rises: Iowa, Maine and North Dakota.
But his vehicle for the trip through the rural parts of three Midwestern states looks like it really is heading for a battle.
The American Laws for American Courts Act already passed in three states and never challenged in court is progressing through legislatures in several states with two-year or year-round sessions, and is either scheduled to be introduced or under consideration in over 25 additional states for the coming legislative session.
Both the Senate and the House of Representatives have passed measures calling for sweeping changes, including requiring annual testing of students in reading and math in grades three through eight, giving flexibility to states and local school boards over how to spend federal dollars, and holding schools accountable for the performance of students.
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With its massive Muslim population of 250 million, the region has become progressively radicalized over the past three decades through the introduction of Islamist ideologies by states from the Middle East.
The American Laws for American Courts Act -- already passed in three states and never challenged in court -- is progressing through legislatures in several states with two-year or year-round sessions, and is either scheduled to be introduced or under consideration in over 25 additional states for the coming legislative session.
Officials in Washington and Bishkek signed a deal three years ago allowing the United States to renew the arrangement annually through July 2011.
Sweetgreen has grown to 11 locations in three states and the District of Columbia and has built a brand through Twitter, Facebook and other social media outlets.
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