By Deba Uwadiae
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine celebrated the CNBC’s ranking of Ohio State as the number 1 State in America’s Top State for Business in 2026, stating that “Ohio is the best place in America for business and all that comes along with it.”
“This number one ranking proves that Ohio is the best place in America for business and all that comes along with it, including jobs, quality of life, and opportunities for everyone to live up to their God-given potential,” said Governor DeWine who joined CNBC’s Scott Cohn in Columbus this morning as CNBC announced that Ohio is America’s Top State for Business in 2026.
Several notable investments by the DeWine Administration to lay the groundwork for future success include:
- Since 2021, Ohio has invested approximately $1 billion to clean up contaminated properties and demolish dilapidated buildings across Ohio to prepare them for redevelopment.
- In 2023, Governor DeWine and the Ohio General Assembly created the All Ohio Future Fund to increase the state’s inventory of project-ready economic development sites outfitted with necessary infrastructure.
- Water is essential for economic development, and Ohio has taken deliberate steps to protect and preserve its abundant water sources through the H2Ohio initiative.
- Since 2023, Ohio’s commitment to active budget management, maintaining reserves, and economic diversification led to Triple-A bond ratings from the nation’s three credit rating agencies – a first in Ohio history.
- Governor DeWine’s comprehensive education strategy begins at birth and continues into adulthood to ensure students have quality education options and good job opportunities upon graduation. Ohio is ensuring every child learns to read using the proven, science-based Science of Reading strategy and is increasing access to free books for children from birth to age five through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio.
- Governor DeWine created the Ohio Merit Scholarship to encourage more of Ohio’s best and brightest students to stay in Ohio to attend college. Students receiving the Merit Scholarship are also now eligible for guaranteed admission to the main campus of every public college and university in the state.
- Ohio has expanded access to career-technical education by investing $300 million to build and expand career-tech facilities, purchase modern equipment, and open up more seats for students.
- In early 2026, Governor DeWine and Lt. Governor Jim Tressel launched WorkOhio– the administration’s latest initiative to connect Ohio job seekers with the state’s abundance of employment and training opportunities. At WorkOhio.gov, job seekers can connect with local job experts who can connect them with job opportunities, training programs, and other resources.
- Under the DeWine Administration, JobsOhio and the Ohio Department of Development supported the launch of three Innovation Districts in Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati and the creation of four Innovation Hubs outside of Ohio’s major metro areas to focus on groundbreaking research and product development.
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