Regional Business News

The nation is spending vastly more on health care in some rural areas than in others without any indication that the increased spending results in better health.

This data is designed to provide a detailed, empirical account of each state’s existing assets across multiple green sectors and serve as a foundation for identifying future growth areas and related needs.

On the day he won the Nobel Peace Prize, President Barack Obama took a swing at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Obama criticized the chamber Oct. 9 for spending millions on a “completely false” ad campaign that claims “local butchers and other small businesses will somehow be harmed by this agency.”

Coming soon to a market near you: a bust in commercial real estate that will make the subprime mortgage crisis look like a picnic. The other shoe drops in 2010.

Laws are being written (or not) to deal with the housing foreclosure crisis. But nobody really knows how many homes in rural America are affected.

The report cards help employers, insurers, TPA’s, state governments and consultants answer the questions, “Who is doing well and why?”

Our Best States ranking measures six vital categories for businesses

California placed No. 48 on the tax climate index, just ahead of New Jersey.

"The numbers reflect the totality of the degree to which California is hostile toward employees," said Ken Fisher, founder and chief executive officer of Fisher Investments, a $30 billion California investment firm.

In this Stateline.org map, scroll over any state to see how its total quarterly tax revenues have grown or shrunk compared to the previous year.

The Denver-based telecommunications company is notifying its remaining mobile-phone customers that they have until Oct. 31 to switch to a new provider before their service is terminated.