(The Center Square) – Ohio was recently ranked by CNBC as the top state in the nation for doing business. More praise for the Buckeye State is coming in.
The latest comes the state up north after a Michigan non-profit think tank published a piece saying that Ohio is “eating our lunch,” economically.
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