{"id":589861,"date":"2021-07-13T12:50:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T16:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=589861"},"modified":"2021-07-13T12:50:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T16:50:17","slug":"report-virginia-ranked-best-state-for-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-virginia-ranked-best-state-for-business\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Virginia Ranked Best State For Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-virginia-ranked-best-state-for-business%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=589861&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-452583300-scaled-e1626189257863.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Virginia has been named the best state in the U.S. to do business for the second time in a row, according to CNBC\u2019s annual Top States for Business ranking released Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/07\/13\/virginia-is-back-as-americas-top-state-for-business.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ranking<\/a>, which measured 85 metrics across 10 categories, found the state\u2019s educated workforce continued to boost its position despite economic setbacks during the pandemic. North Carolina, Utah, Texas and Tennessee rounded out the report\u2019s top five states to do business.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Virginia is CNBC&#039;s Top State for Business in 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sfOf9kWMsHs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Virginia has been ranked first five times since the list began in 2007, including consecutive wins in 2019 and 2021. CNBC did not release a list in 2020 due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/07\/13\/top-states-for-business-virginia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">strongest categories<\/a> were education (ranking 2nd) and workforce (3rd), the report found. Its worst category was the cost of living, where it placed 32nd. Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam held a Tuesday ceremony to celebrate at the Port of Virginia in Norfolk, according to local news outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wavy.com\/news\/local-news\/norfolk\/northam-to-make-major-announcement-on-tuesday-in-norfolk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WAVY<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCNBC confirmed to the world what we have known for a long time: Virginia is the top state for business again this year,\u201d Northam said. \u201cI could not be prouder of what this says about the inclusive, commonsense policies that we put in place and how they encourage business investment.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.0986842105263\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Governor Northam confirming VIrginia number one state in business. CNBC. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WAVY_News?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WAVY_News<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y2YX7Ly0KC\">pic.twitter.com\/y2YX7Ly0KC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Fox (@AndyFoxWAVY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndyFoxWAVY\/status\/1414934664901447740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican gubernatorial nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/09\/glenn-youngkin-gop-virginia-terry-mcauliffe-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Glenn Youngkin<\/a> has made the case that Virginia\u2019s business environment is actually suffering in his race against former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe to succeed Northam. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/30\/politifact-retracts-terry-mcauliffe-campaign-fact-check\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>(RELATED: PolitiFact Virginia Retracts Fact Check Against Deceptive Terry McAuliffe Ad, Reposts The Same Conclusion A Day Later)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cVirginia may be #1 for political correctness, pushing critical race theory in schools, and not requiring a photo ID to vote under Terry McAuliffe and Ralph Northam, but Virginia ranks among the worst states when it comes to things that actually determine the success of small businesses and opportunities for workers,\u201d Youngkin spokesman Matt Wolking said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-virginia-c64996c09bbd638db7d0e3d5923ddcb2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>Youngkin stressed the state\u2019s tax burden will impede its economic growth in a May <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/12\/glenn-youngkin-virginia-tired-democratic-leaders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview<\/a> with the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Terry McAuliffe absolutely believes in is \u2026&nbsp;big government spending and as a result, big government taxes,\u201d Youngkin said. \u201cThis does not result in a durable economic recovery with strong job growth for all Virginians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The state ranked 26th in the cost of doing business, according to the CNBC rankings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia has been named the best state in the U.S. to do business for the second time in a row, according to CNBC\u2019s annual Top States for Business ranking released &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893733,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-589861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}