Survey: Kansas gets an A for business friendliness

The businesses surveyed gave Kansas an A in the Small Business Friendliness Survey by Thumbtack, a website for small service businesses.

That ranked Kansas 10th among states. Kansas had a B last year.

Survey respondents gave the state an A+ for nearly every measure, such as ease of starting a business, and the costs of taxes, regulations and labor, but the grade was pulled down by low marks on training and networking programs.

This story was originally published August 18, 2015 at 3:02 PM with the headline "Survey: Kansas gets an A for business friendliness."