Last year, CNBC ranked Virginia as the 4th best state for business. However. as Dwayne Yancey observes at Cardinal News…

Over the past year, Virginia has lost more jobs than [almost] any other state.

Only two other states have lost jobs at a faster rate. Federal job cuts are a big driver, but not the only one. Virginia is also losing manufacturing jobs at a faster rate than any other state.

Politically, there’s plenty of blame to spread around. Read the whole thing.