The Commonwealth has once again taken top honors in CNBC’s competitive rankings as America’s Top State for Business. This is the fifth time that Virginia has taken the title since the business news channel began releasing these studies back in 2007. This also marks that first time that Virginia has taken this title in back-to-back years.

It should be noted however that CNBC did not release a study for 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic so becoming back-to-back winners is for the years 2019 and 2021. 

According to the study, Virginia’s greatest strengths has been the Commonwealth’s ability to nurture and retain talent as well as what the study considers to be a world-class education system. . . . Click here to read the full story in Fairfax Times.