R.I. receives D-minus for competitiveness

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked last in New England on the 2015 Competitiveness Report Card from the Rhode Island Center for Freedom & Prosperity, with an overall grade of D-minus.

The report card, which the center said was originally developed by a national economist, studies state rankings among key economic and social indexes, as published by national organizations.

Rhode Island received two Fs, seven Ds and one C in 11 categories. The first year for the report card was 2012, and that year the Ocean State received five Fs and five Ds, according to the nonprofit organization.

Rhode Island’s best grade was C-minus, in K-12 education. It received Fs in infrastructure and health care, and Ds in tax burden, spending and debt, employment and income, and public sector. Grades of D-minus were received in business climate, energy and living and retiring in Rhode Island.

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The other New England states did not fare that much better than Rhode Island. New Hampshire received the best grade of C-plus, followed by Maine with a C-minus, Vermont and Massachusetts tied with D-plus, and Connecticut, a D. •

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