Washington is a pretty good place to do business

The Tax Foundation -- a somewhat right-leaning foundation -- ranked all 50 states, and ranked Washington no. 9 for business taxes.

Not no. 9 in business climate, though Forbes thinks pretty highly of us in that regard. Not business startups, in which we're also consistently ranked among the top. We're talking about business taxes.

Our fine state beat the tar out of Texas (No. 11) and every other southern state except Florida (No. 5). We beat South Carolina (No. 26), Idaho (No. 18), Oregon (No. 14) and California (No. 48).

You can read the report here.