claim: "in 2009, the small business & entrepreneurship council ranked ohio 11th in the nation and 1st in the midwest for overall business climate."
author: ted strickland
evidence_1: aug 5, 2010 ... "in 2009, the small business & entrepreneurship council ranked ohio 11th in the  nation and 1st in the midwest for overall business climate.".
evidence_2: "in 2009, the small business & entrepreneurship council ranked ohio 11th in the  nation and 1st in the midwest for overall business climate." — politifact ohio ...
evidence_3: ohio /oʊˈhaɪoʊ/ ( about this sound listen) is a midwestern state in the great  lakes region of ... because ohio links the northeast to the midwest, much cargo  and business traffic ... the climate of ohio is a humid continental climate (köppen  climate ..... the small business & entrepreneurship council ranked the state no.
evidence_4: sep 26, 2018 ... the 10 lowest-ranked, or worst, states in this year's index are: ... an inheritance  tax, and maintains some of the nation's worst-structured ... 2019 state business  tax climate index ranks and component tax ... ohio, 42, 46, 44, 28, 13, 6 ... the  property tax component of the index, and from 16th to 11th overall.
evidence_5: small business policy index. 58. state competitiveness report. 60. economic  competitiveness index. 63. what do the business climate rankings tell us? 65.