Mississippi No. 5 in biz start-ups

The Kauffman Foundation, an entrepreneurship non-profit organization, has ranked Mississippi as the fifth best entrepreneurial state in America – ranking ahead of California, Illinois and Texas -- explaining why mostly-rural states top the list. Montana’s major oil-and-gas boom topped the rankings. Louisiana ranked No. 9. Source: Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger blog, July 22, 2013.