Minneapolis – The Minnesota Business Partnership (MBP) today announced that Monroe Elementary School in Brooklyn Park will be presented with the 2023 Minnesota’s Future Award. Since 2006, the Minnesota’s Future Award has recognized high-performing schools and education programs for innovation and success in helping all students succeed. Monroe Elementary School...
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 (formerly Emsi Burning Glass) authored Minnesota’s Vanishing Workforce in...
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 Minnesota’s Speaker of the House...
Commentary: Paid family leave bill is deeply flawed
In a commentary for the Star Tribune, Minnesota Business Partnership executive director Charlie Weaver takes aim at the deeply flawed Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) bill being advanced at the State Capitol: Minnesota's large employers support paid employee leave. In fact, they voluntarily offer some of the most generous...