These are America’s 10 worst states to live and work in
With nearly twice as many job openings nationwide as there are workers available to fill them, companies are setting up shop where the workers are. Each year, as part of …
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These 10 states are America’s worst economies, at high recession risk
Charting the future of the U.S. economy is hard enough nowadays. Recession? Soft landing? Something else? It gets even harder when you consider regional differences. State economic performance in 2022 …
North Carolina is Top State for Business, led by workforce, economy
At a time when companies are clamoring for workers while trying to navigate a treacherous economy, no state is meeting their needs more effectively than North Carolina. The Tar Heel …
In a first, Texas is no longer a Top State for Business
CNBC’s America’s Top States for Business study has ranked all 50 states through recessions, a global financial crisis, a pandemic, and more. Each time, Texas has finished in the top …
Alaska, America’s worst state for business, bets on a new carbon boom
An oil pipeline stretches across the landscape outside Prudhoe Bay in North Slope Borough, Alaska, May 25, 2019. The Washington Post | The Washington Post | Getty Images Alaska can …