For the first time in 20 years since national news outlet CNBC has ranked America’s top states for business, Hawai‘i came in dead last.
The Aloha State finished 50th in terms of infrastructure and cost of doing business. It also landed among the worst for its workforce, business friendliness, access to capital, cost of living as well as technology and innovation.
Hawai‘i usually ranks in the top 5 for “quality of life,” which helps prop up its overall placement, but came in sixth this year because child care is more expensive than in any other state.
A local reporter with KITV’s “Island News” asked me just last week what I thought of our state’s ranking…