Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts joins the elite club of US governors to claim a Site Selection Governor’s Cup, by virtue of his state winning the Cup for most capital investment projects per capita — 101 such projects for 2016. Which is not to say it’s Nebraska’s first Cup. It won the first Governor’s Cup for projects per capita, awarded in March 2014, for the Cornhusker State’s 2013 economic development success, which resulted in 109 projects that year. Kentucky won the Cup the next two years and places second in 2016, with 227 projects. That’s more than twice Nebraska’s number of projects, but it’s a per capita contest. Rounding out the top five are Ohio (515), Louisiana (169) and Illinois (434).
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