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The 10 Best and 10 Worst States for Business: #9

July 18, 2012 By The Editors

Best States for Business: #9

Kansas

Open for Business Index Score: 82.85

Kansas scored well for being a Right to Work state, having a low cost of living, a well educated population and ranked well in tort law reform. State government doesn’t play a disproportionate role in Kansas. The state scored near the averages for tax burden, unions as a percent of the population, incomes, and health. Overall Kansas is friendly to new business.

Worst States for Business: #9

Maine

Open for Business Index Score: 65.45

Maine excelled in education and health, followed by average scores in infrastructure and tort law. But after that things get ugly. Maine had terrible scores for the size of government compared to its economy, cost of employees, cost of living, taxes, percentage of the workforce represented by unions and for a failure to protect employees with a Right to Work law.

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