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January 10, 1997 - The state's non-profit sector is hoping to gain the ear of state lawmakers this session as they work through welfare reform. As Minnesota Public Radio's Karen-Louise Boothe reports, as services cutbacks occur and restrictions tighten...non-profits are bracing for an even BIGGER role in maintaining the social welfare of the state's people. As the state legislature shapes major policy for the next two years in this budget session, leaders of various non-profit organizations want to be at the table. Various complex issues such as welfare reform affect non-profits since THEY are often on the front line.... providing services as diverse as health CARE, education, transportation and welfare. In the case of WELFARE reform...many non-profits expect to be fulfilling f
January 13, 1997 - As part of a series on poverty, MPR’s John Biewen looks at the growth of so-called 'fringe banks'…pawnbrokers and check-cashing shops. A growing number of low-income Americans are relying on 'fringe banks' in place of traditional banking services.
January 13, 1997 - As part of a series on poverty, MPR’s John Biewen reports that while the Minnesota legislature passed regulations in 1996 designed to control interest rates so pawn customers wouldn't have to pay ten or fifteen times the rates charged for credit card loans, some of the state's pawnshops are using a loophole in the law to charge more than 200%.
January 13, 1997 - He drives through Twin Cities neighborhoods at midnight with a truck full of plastic animals. Nick Courteau (core-TOE) is a driver for "Flamingos by the Yard". You can pay him to pull a prank on one of your loved ones. In the dark hours, he plants fifty pink flamingos, or other plastic creatures, in front lawns to surprise folks in the morning. So no one wakes up, he has to be quiet, but that's not the toughest part of the task. In this week's Odd Jobs, Minnesota Public Radio's Stephanie Curtis finds out how hard it is to find a strange house at one o'clock in the morning as he delivers his strange cargoes. | D-CART ITEM: 8145 | TIME: 2:50 + 1.15 music fades
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January 13, 1997 - The House Judiciary Committee heard testimony on the state's anti-stalking law today.(MON) Most of those testifying want to see the law changed, making it easier for prosecutors. Minnesota Public Radio's Karen-Louise Boothe reports from the capitol: Legislators are attempting to shore up the state's 1993 law after a Minnesota Supreme Court ruling made it more DIFFICULT for prosecutors to convict those accused of stalking. Justices ruled it ONLY be applied to those who SPECIFICALLY intended to cause harm to their victims. But SUPPORTERS of the law say the legislature didn't intend for prosecutors to have to prove a stalker's motive, but only a GENERAL intent on the part of the perpetrator. They say, most stalkers do not intend their actions to be harmful...rather, they often unrealistically believe their actions will lead to a mend
January 13, 1997 - Governor Carlson's allies today floated the idea of increasing the state's cigarette tax to pay for a new Twins Stadium. Senate Republican leader Dean Johnson says the Governor is interested in adding ten cents to the price of a pack of cigarettes... But as Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste reports, the idea isn't going over very well at the Capitol: The cigarette tax for the Twins is the very definition of a political trial balloon. Nobody has actually to endorsed the idea, but the Governor's staff says Carlson does find the idea "intriguing," Senate Republican leader Dean Johnson was the one who brought the subject up. He says the Legislature should consider the idea -- although he stopped short of actually proposing it.
January 13, 1997 - A Voices of Minnesota interview with Tom Webber, Director of Planned Parenthood of Minnesota and South Dakota. Webber discusses his work on women's reproductive health issues. Also, a recorded interview with Margaret Atwood, author of "Alias Grace".
January 14, 1997 - Midday’s Gary Eichten discusses crime, criminal defense, punishment, and crime prevention with newly-appointed Hennepin County Chief Public Defender William McGee. Program includes listener call-in questions.
January 14, 1997 - A District Judge in Southwest Minnesota is attempting to fire his court administrator for allegedly supporting the judge's opponent in last fall's election. The squabble in the town of Marshall in Lyon County is the nastiest remnant of the election which saw an unusual number of judges challenged. Judges are supposedly above politics... but in Lyon County politics have made for tense times at the courthouse. Mark Steil of Mainstreet Radio reports. Sun 28-MAY 21:09:04 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001