What our top state study taketh away, it giveth. Massachusetts, the Bay State, surges 18 spots after dropping 23 places last year. Massachusetts still has issues.The second most expensive state to do business in and one of the least businessfriendly, but also among the least dependent on a shrinking federal government that helps insulate the economy. Still, Massachusetts is a major recipient of federal research grants under fire by the Trump administration. The state is trying to fund some of its own resear ...

CNBC out with its annual rankings for America's top states for business. And North Carolina takes the crown for the third time in four years, but there were also some big pops and drops for other states. And Scott Con joins us with some of the reasons why.Hi, Scott. Hi, Kelly. Yeah, it's a year of change.We've talked about this for weeks now uh as we look at the economy and and uh the concerns about federal budget cuts and the like. And so that did jumble up our ratings so much uh somewhat. Let's take a loo ...