Minnesota Business Partnership

07/11/2025

MN Businesses Strategize to Nurture the Headquarters Economy https://tcbmag.com/mn-businesses-strategize-to-nurture-the-headquarters-economy/

Stock market bell ringing at Medtronic's Fridley, Minn. headquarters launches a Minnesota Business Partnership initiative.

07/10/2025

07/10/2025

For the first time ever, the NYSE Opening Bell rang this morning in Minnesota.

Watch the moment here:
https://youtu.be/QKmayBZPnIo?si=8egGxKGvyp2ydZwN

The New York Stock Exchange welcomes Minnesota Business Partnership as they virtually ring The Opening Bell® to shine a national spotlight on Minnesota’s wor...

07/10/2025

NYSE TV broadcasting live from Medtronic to spotlight Minnesota’s Headquarters Economy https://www.youtube.com/live/gSBSChczoiA?si=M71ytpDfHEUx74x1

The New York Stock Exchange welcomes Minnesota Business Partnership as they virtually ring The Opening Bell® to shine a national spotlight on Minnesota’s wor...

05/30/2024

Minnesota businesses are helping close the literacy gap in schools. SPS Commerce’s support of ServeMinnesota’s Bridge2Read program will help train hundreds of teachers and impact thousands of students’ lives.

02/29/2024

Less than a year after lawmakers spent every dollar of a record $17.5 billion surplus and raised taxes by nearly $10 billion, the state now has a modest surplus with a deficit looming in the next budget https://www.mnbp.com/mbp-statement-on-state-economic-forecast/

Minnesota Management and Budget today released a state economic forecast showing a projected $3.7 billion surplus for the current budget cycle (FY 24-25) and a $1.5 billion projected budget deficit in 2026-2027. Context: Last year, DFL lawmakers passed a $72 billion state budget (increasing spending...

02/02/2024

Sen. Dziedzic has served the state with grace and distinction, and the void left by her departure will be felt deeply. We extend our heartfelt gratitude for her service and send our wishes for strength and comfort during this difficult journey.

Minnesota Senate Majority leader Kari Dziedzic will step down before the 2024 legislative session, citing the return of cancer.

12/06/2023

MBP Statement Regarding State Budget Forecast Showing Looming Deficit

Minnesota Management and Budget today released a state economic forecast showing a projected $2.4 billion surplus for fiscal years 24-25, but there is a projected budget deficit for the following biennium. The “significant structural imbalance” in FY 26-27 is the result of higher estimated spend...

10/24/2023

09/18/2023

New Report Examines “MN’s Vanishing Workforce” and What to Do About It

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – A report released today on Minnesota’s workforce crisis provides a data-driven examination of the trends and forces driving workforce shortages in the state and identifies strategies to mitigate the problem. Economists from leading labor market analytics firm Lightcast (formerl...

08/02/2023

Minnesota Business Partnership names Kurt Zellers as next CEO

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – The Minnesota Business Partnership (MBP) today announced the hiring of Kurt Zellers as its next CEO. He was selected following a robust search process led by MBP’s six-member search committee and managed by executive recruitment firm Furst Group. Zellers, who served as Minnesot...