Prominent studies that rank states’ business climates often
contradict each other and should not be used to inform public policies,
according to a new “Grading Places” report published by the Washington, D.C.-based Good Jobs First.
“There’s
no such thing as a state business climate,” said Greg LeRoy, executive
director of Good Jobs First, on a conference call with reporters. “One
size can’t fit all. Things vary much too much among different kinds of
business facilities and among metro areas. There are no silver bullets.
There [are] no magic variables.”
A poll
released yesterday by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at
Southern Illinois University shows that voters in the Land of Lincoln differ with
state leaders in not so obvious ways.
Perhaps the most striking finding is that statewide acceptance of gay marriage is on a sharp rise. Read more »
The country’s largest small business lobbying group – the National Federation of Independent Businesses
– is one of the plaintiff’s looking to overturn the Affordable Care Act
before the U.S. Supreme Court, a decision likely to be announced within
the next week.
But a poll released today by a different small business lobbying group – Small Business Majority
– found that small business owners in eight states polled (both red and blue, including
Illinois) favor the landmark national health care reform and want the
Supreme Court to keep it intact. Read more »
Prominent studies that rank states’ business climates often
contradict each other and should not be used to inform public policies,
according to a new 
A 
The country’s largest small business lobbying group – the 