C-N-B-C’S ANNUAL TOP STATES FOR BUSINESS RANKINGS ARE GIVING ILLINOIS SOME HIGH MARKS. 

OVERALL, ILLINOIS IS RATED 17TH …A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT FROM 30TH PLACE BACK IN 2019. STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY DIRECTOR KRISTEN RICHARDS SAYS THE ILLINOIS FARED PARTICULARLY WELL IN A FEW CATEGORIES.

ILLINOIS ALSO CAME IN SECOND FOR EDUCATION AND WAS RANKED NINTH IN THE NATION FOR COST OF LIVING.

ILLINOIS RANKED 14TH FOR TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION, WHICH LOOKS AT THE NUMBER OF PATENTS, RESEARCH AND OTHER MEASURES.