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Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) delivers her State of the Commonwealth address before a joint session of the Virginia General Assembly in Richmond in January. (Steve Helber\/AP)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

RICHMOND \u2014 Virginia jumped a spot to No. 3 in this year\u2019s CNBC rankings of the Top States for Business<\/a>, and the financial news network said the Old Dominion might have ranked higher except that its economy is still suffering from President Donald Trump\u2019s DOGE cuts a year ago.<\/p>

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Ohio surged to the top of the annual list, which politicians love to either cite or dismiss based on their state\u2019s performance, while North Carolina slipped to No. 2 after reaching the top spot last year.<\/p>\n

Virginia was rated especially high in the categories of infrastructure (2) and education (5) but saw its economy drop nine spots to 23 because of \u201cfederal budget and personnel cuts\u201d from last year\u2019s DOGE campaign, CNBC said. Maryland, also heavily dependent on the federal government, fell to 36th overall as its economic rank plummeted to 49th for some of the same reasons.<\/p>\n

DOGE\u2019s \u201cchainsawing attack on public servants\u201d has put families out of work and dampened consumer spending, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) said in an interview. Countering that requires \u201ca long-term rebuild.\u201d<\/p>

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She declined to mention her Republican predecessor, Glenn Youngkin, by name, but said she was proud of bettering his outgoing No. 4 ranking<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m sure it\u2019s not lost on anyone,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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CNBC’s business rankings showed Virginia’s economy was still ailing from DOGE cuts, though it got high ratings for infrastructure and education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"\nThe biggest drag on Virginia\u2019s business ranking is Trump - Moving Insider USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=6837\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The biggest drag on Virginia\u2019s business ranking is Trump - Moving Insider USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CNBC's business rankings showed Virginia's economy was still ailing from DOGE cuts, though it got high ratings for infrastructure and education.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=6837\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Moving Insider USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-09T20:09:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/d4ab6a6df75ca2291a7e14a97b5e5633-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=6837#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=6837\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/22d40ab81790f6a361021763bb56ef03\"},\"headline\":\"The biggest drag on Virginia\u2019s business ranking is Trump\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-09T20:09:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=6837\"},\"wordCount\":303,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=6837#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/bd5bd91d9c4e6733638021e0d7627084-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Interesting\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=6837#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=6837\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=6837\",\"name\":\"The biggest drag on Virginia\u2019s business ranking is Trump - 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