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What factors influenced overall expansion activity in Minnesota in 2024? What opportunities and challenges do businesses report as they seek to grow and expand? To better understand the factors shaping Minnesota’s business growth and expansion, Grow Minnesota!® conducted surveys…

We pray for the repose of the souls of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, and for the healing of Sen. Hoffman and his wife. Leadership requires making difficult choices and keeping one’s word. Representative Hortman showed she was that kind of leader.

Closing out the 2025 Women in Business Minnesota Conference with a conversation with Valerie Finarty, Senior Vice President, Strategy & Technology for @Medtronic!

So grateful for our federal partners at the @FBIMinneapolis and @DMNnews for their continued work to stop the fraud & bring criminals to justice!

I was trying to find the word to describe Senator Anderson. He was grateful. For God. For his family. For his country. For his opportunity to serve. He was grateful and it was manifest in his life every day.

Very sad to hear about the passing of Senator Bruce Anderson. I have great memories of working with him for two decades in Wright County. A true public servant and friend to many. My prayers for Ruth and all of his family and loved ones to find comfort in this tragic time.

The world economy will grow based on access to electricity. The AI race is real. Minnesota will be left behind if we don't lift our nuclear moratorium.

🏆 Want to bring home the title (and very, very cool trophy) of the Coolest Thing Made in Minnesota? ➡️ Submit your product by August 15 at CoolestThingMN.com!

Ken, my step-dad and a proud Navy Veteran, needs some help. After being diagnosed with cancer, his medical costs are adding up. Let's support him during this tough time. Any amount helps. Please share and donate. gofund.me/edb87e7b

Inbox: Allete/Minnesota Power has announced a deal with Gov. Walz's Commerce Department over the sale of the Duluth-based utility. Commerce will withdraw its opposition. Here are the basics, from Allete:

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As we continue to mourn the loss of Melissa and Mark Hortman and pray for the full recovery of the Hoffman family, Congress stands together to condemn the politically motivated attack perpetrated against them. There is no place in America for political violence—none.

The real energy crisis is in our grid. On this very warm morning at 6 a.m., only 2% of the power from the PJM grid was coming from wind and solar - 98% from other sources. The idea that we can power our country on intermittent power on a day like today is a fantasy.

New York plans to build an advanced nuclear plant with the ability to produce at least 1 gigawatt of power, which would be one of the first new U.S. reactors in a generation, Governor Kathy Hochul said on Monday. reuters.com/business/energ…

Meanwhile, Minnesota has an outright ban in place. New York intends to build a large nuclear-power facility, the first new U.S. plant undertaken in more than 15 years wsj.com/business/energ… via @WSJ

A terrible tragedy occurred in my home state of Minnesota early this morning.  A gunman, disguised as a police officer, shot and wounded State Senator John Hoffman and his wife and subsequently shot and killed State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband.   A few months…

We join in prayer for the legislators and their families impacted by this morning’s horrific act of violence. Lord, bring healing, peace, and justice.