To find out, I analyzed every CNBC ranking from 2007 through 2025 — every category, every data point, every dizzying swing.

North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (NCICU) today congratulated state leaders on North Carolina being named by CNBC as the #1 state for doing business in the nation. State leaders ...

CNBC touted North Carolina's performance in the 10 individual categories that included being third in economy, fourth in both ...

Despite its booming economy, North Carolina ranks 48th in the country in per-student spending and 49th in amount of spending ...

North Carolina had the 10th-highest infant mortality rate among states in 2023, according to the North Carolina Child ...

North Carolina ranks as the No. 1 state in the nation in the 2025 America’s Top States for Business, CNBC said recently.

“Virginia’s slip in CNBC’s Top States for Business ranking once again highlights that the chaos and uncertainty caused by ...

South Carolina’s cost of living places it as the 26th cheapest state to live in, the report states. North Carolina was more ...

A national ranking of the best states to do business puts Pennsylvania in the top 20 in the same spot as it was before, while ...

The Sunshine State has again ranked in the top 5 for best places to do business, according to CNBC’s annual America’s Top ...

Virginia doesn’t need a sweeping overhaul to its economic development approach after slipping from No. 1 to No. 4 in the ...

A report by a coalition of North Carolina institutions outlines a plan to establish an agricultural technology (agtech) ...