The improved forecast is the direct result of higher than expected tax receipts from businesses and individuals. The last thing we should be doing is making it more difficult to attract and retain those same businesses and individuals by creating an even more hostile tax environment. Continue Reading Statement from Charlie...
MBP Statement on Governor Walz’s Budget Proposal
Large homegrown businesses provide more than a half million good-paying jobs, pay billions in state and local taxes, and account for nearly half of all charitable grants in the state. Raising taxes on these businesses in the midst of a global pandemic and fragile economic recovery is counterproductive. Continue Reading...
Business Leaders Urge Lawmakers to Reach Agreement on Policing Reform
The Minnesota Business Partnership today sent a letter to Governor Tim Walz and legislative leaders urging them to move quickly to reach a compromise agreement on policing reform. Lawmakers recently adjourned a Special Session without reconciling different police reform packages passed by the Minnesota House and Senate. Continue Reading Business...
Minnesota Business Partnership Urges Lawmakers to Pass Policing Reform in Special Session
More than 80 members of the Partnership signed a letter urging lawmakers to pass policing reform when they convene for a Special Session this week. The substance of the recommendations are derived from a February 2020 report by the State of Minnesota Working Group on Police-Involved Deadly Force Encounters. Continue Reading Minnesota...