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April 7, 1997 - Governor carlson is seeking a federal disaster declaration for areas hit hardest by flooding in Minnesota. The governor made the announcement at the State Capitol, where government and emergency service leaders delivered the first of what will become DAILY Flood updates. Minnesota Public Radio's Karen-Louise Boothe reports: Governor Carlson says he's seeking a Presidential Disaster Declaration for many Minnesota counties hit hardest by the floods....floods HE says exceed the severity of those in 1993. Bite: 24-secs "and because of that...we can."
April 8, 1997 - Not that it's much consolation to the people losing their homes in the flood of 1997, or to the volunteers filling and stacking sandbags in the freezing cold, but it could have been worse. It could have been worse if there hadn't been the great flood of 1927, when man and nature conspired to cause one of the country's worst disasters ... worse if a flood seventy years ago hadn't forced a major change in the way we deal with disasters. Journalist John Barry is author of "Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed the World." John Barry's book is called "Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed the World." He'll be at Barnes & Noble in the Galleria in Edina at 7 tonight. Sun 28-MAY 20:01:01 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/200
April 8, 1997 - A Minnesota researcher is raising eyebrows in education circles... with a new study that says poverty does not cause children to do poorly in school. Economist Samuel Myers is director of the Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice at the University of Minnesota. He analyzed test results in hopes of explaining why minority students do poorly compared with white kids. His conclusion runs counter to what many educators have long assumed. Minnesota Public Radio's John Biewen reports. Samuel Myers says he was frustrated with the widespread assumption that poverty causes the poor academic performance of many minority children. 50-thousand eighth graders took the Minnesota Basic Standards Test last year. Bla
April 8, 1997 - Members of the criminal justice system want to put a database of domestic abuse histories at the fingertips of police and judges. The group wants the legislature to fund a statewide database system that would track domestic violence information about individuals, specifically orders for protection. Order of protection are court orders that restrict abusers from being near their victims. The cost of the entire proposed project is about $15-million dollars. Minnesota Public Radio's Elizabeth Stawicki reports.
April 8, 1997 - Several communities in the Twin Cities are fighting rising flood waters even though the Mississippi and St. Croix rivers aren't projected to crest until sometime this weekend. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik reports...
April 8, 1997 - Governor Carlson says his proposed education tax credits will enhance, not harm, public education. Carlson spoke to hundreds of school choice advocates today at state capitol rally. The controversial plan would help Minnesota families supplement their children's education in public, private and home schools. Carlson has been turning up the heat on the legislature to pass the plan he says builds on a tradition of expanding choice. Opponents say they object to any attempt to shift public funds to private schools, which are not accoutable to state taxpayers. Minnesota Public radio's Tim Pugmire reports... "Minnesotans for School Choice," invited one thousand private school.
April 8, 1997 - Governor Carlson has sent a letter to Washington, asking the President to grant emergency assistance to flood victims and stricken counties. A Presidential declaration is expected to be rapidly expedited and retroactive to March 21-st. Minnesota Public Radio's Karen-Louise Boothe reports on the very latest details released by officials at the State Capitol: In his request, the Governor says 39 counties in the state need to be declared disaster areas...in need of state and federal emergency assistance funds. The Governor says money is needed for Disaster housing, small
April 8, 1997 - Governor Carlson has sent a letter to Washington, asking the President to grant emergency assistance to flood victims and stricken counties. A Presidential declaration is expected as early as today.... Minnesota Public Radio's Karen-Louise Boothe report on the very latest details released by officials at the State Capitol this morning: In his request, the Governor says 39 counties in the state need to be declared disaster areas...in need of state and federal emergency assistance funds. The Governor says money is needed for Disaster housing, small business administration assistance, crisis counseling, individual grants and unemployment assistance. At a press briefing in the last hour (for use on midday-this time ref
April 8, 1997 - Mainstreet Radio’s Leif Enger reports on Governor Arne Carlson address to appeal for cool heads at Lake Mille Lacs. Rising tensions over imminent Ojibwe spearfishing and netting prompted the governor to make a statewide three-minute address asking for forbearance. Around Mille Lacs, lakeside residents responded to Carlson with a mixture of relief and doubt.
April 8, 1997 - Most Minnesotans will never suffer from salmonella, meningitis or tuberculosis. These diseases pop up occasionally but they rarely gain much of a foothold before public health workers reign them in. Monitoring the front line in this war against disease requires constant attention, something the State Public Health Laboratory has been doing for the past 100 years. As the lab marks it's centennial anniversary today Minnesota Public Radio's Lorna Benson has this report on its coming of age.