Welcome to our third annual look at the states that put it all together for business—and the ones that don’t, and everyone in between.It has been a year of drastic change—in government, the economy and the competitive landscape.  When we unveiled our 2008 study last July, the price of oil had just hit a record $147 a barrel, and the depths of the economic meltdown were still a couple months away.Today, oil costs less than half of what it did, and the nation is mired in the worst recession in 60 years.  A new administration in Washington is sending massive amounts of stimulus dollars to the states, while state governments struggle with massive budget shortfalls. And all of this change has led to big changes in our rankings this year.

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