CNBC rated Ohio ‘Top State for Business.’ Here’s what that means — and what it doesn’t.

By: Marty Schladen

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: July 16, 2026

Words: 1,549

Last Updated: 5 days, 21 hours ago

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When CNBC last week announced it had rated Ohio this year’s “Top State for Business,” Republican leaders said it was proof that their economic policies were working for Ohioans. But that’s not what the rating was meant to assess, said a journalist who helped produce it.

Nor was the ranking an evaluation of which state had attracted the most high-quality jobs. It was something less concrete: a measure of which states were best …

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