Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
January 29, 1998 - Artists looking for public spaces to create larger-than-life drawings often run into a maze of bureaucratic red tape. But artists Erica Duthie and Michael Townsend of Rhode Island have found a way to get around that problem by literally using tape to sketch out their landscapes and murals on concrete walls, buildings and other surfaces. This week, Duthie and Townsend have been sharing their tape technique with students at Marcy Open School in Minneapolis. Duthie says tape art is an ideal medium for kids who want to express their artistic interests in an environmentally friendly way.
January 29, 1998 - A state lawmaker says Minnesota should get rid of some of its tobacco investments and redirect the money to a fund that helps small Minnesota technology firms. The bill will be heard in committee this morning. MPR's Eric Jansen reports from the Capitol.
January 29, 1998 - At a ceremony today, two of the largest low-income housing providers in Minnesota signed an agreement to work together on promoting fair housing. Officials with the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development office say they're targeting housing discrimination in a part of the state often overlooked: the rural communities. Minnesota Public Radio's Gretchen Lehmann (lay-mun) reports. The Schoolview Manor apartment complex sits in the center of Big Lake. It houses many of the disabled and elderly residents in this town of just over 2,000 people. The complex was chosen for today's announcement because offi
January 29, 1998 - The Minnesota Attorney General's office has cleared Minnesota Public Radio of any wrongdoing after a nearly two-year investigation. The office released a report today reviewing executive compensation and the relationship between the not-for profit Minnesota Public Radio, and its for-profit sister companies. The agency requested that MPR to take steps to address certain concerns, and company officials say they are complying with those requests. Minnesota Public Radio's Bill Catlin has more.
January 29, 1998 - A Minnesota Public Radio, KARE-11 TV, St. Paul Pioneer Press poll found most Minnesotans likely to vote do not think president Clinton should resign if he had an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinski. However those polled said if the President has attempted to convince anyone to lie under oath, he should step down. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik has a report.
January 30, 1998 - For more on the first week of the tobacco trial, MPR called David Logan, a law professor at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He's specializes in torts and liability, and has been following the tobacco trial. He says the progress the state has made has been slow but steady.
January 30, 1998 - An insecticide known as methoprene is one of the prime chemical suspects in the search for a cause for the deformed frogs reported in Minnesota and other states. Methoprene has been under suspicion because of its similarities to a compound which produces deformities in laboratory animals. The Metropolitan Mosquito Control District has used methoprene for years to control mosquitos in twin cities wetlands. The agency insists there's no link between methoprene and frog deformities, but others are not so sure. Minnesota Public Radio's Mary Losure has more.
January 30, 1998 - A Minnesota Public Radio, KARE-11 TV, St. Paul Pioneer Press poll found most Minnesotans likely to vote do not think president Clinton should resign if he had an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinski. However those polled said if the President has attempted to convince anyone to lie under oath, he should step down. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik has a report.
January 30, 1998 - Two men were ticketed and the U.S. Forest Service offices in Duluth shut down following a sit-in yesteray. Many of the demonstrators had come to Duluth from the Little Alfie timber site in the Superior National Forest, where they've been holding a vigil outdoors since mid-December. Minnesota Public Radio's Bob Kelleher reports.
January 30, 1998 - A group of rural lawmakers says Minnesota needs more feedlots, not fewer. They've drafted legislation to make it easier to build new feedlots or expand existing operations, even as debate continues over a proposed feedlot moratorium. From the state capitol, Minnesota Public Radios's Eric Jansen reports.