Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
February 10, 1998 - A court-appointed official today recommended the judge in Minnesota's tobacco trial allow more than 200,000 internal tobacco industry documents to remain secret. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports.
February 10, 1998 - A House Committee today voted to change the way the Twin Cities area governs itself. The House Local Government and Metroplitan Affairs Committee okayed legislation that would let metro-area voters elect the Metropolitan Council, a body many say has become too powerful and too unaccountable. Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste reports.
February 10, 1998 - Federal and state agencies are conducting a joint investigation into the recent killings of three wolves near the Agassiz National Wildlife refuge. One was hit by a snowmobile, while two wolf pups from another pack were shot. With the federal government preparing to remove Minnesota wolves from the endangered species list, such killings could further inflame the debate over how much protection is necessary for the animals. Minnesota Public Radio's Amy Radil reports from Duluth.
February 10, 1998 - Minneapolis police say a minor marijuana violation in downtown Minneapolis last week led to the arrest of three people and confiscation of guns in the Phillips neighborhood. Police say the case is an example of how their new policing strategy, called CODEFOR, gets results. The question now is does the city attorney's office have enough people to bring the cases to court. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson has more.
February 11, 1998 - A spokesman for the tobacco industry's trade association today detailed the industry's campaigns to prevent young people from smoking. But Walker Merryman acknowleged the industry also lobbied to kill bills at the Minnesota legislature designed to regulate the cigarette industry. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports.
February 11, 1998 - Lieutenant Governor Joanne Benson today (WED) made official her intention to succeed Governor Carlson. Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste has the story: The Joanne Benson campaign has been up and running for more than a year, but Benson saved the official announcement for a propitious moment. With St Paul Mayor Norm Coleman expected to announce on Sunday, that moment seems to have come -- ((I will seek and expect to win the endorsement of the republican party, and THEN seek the endorsement of the people of MN. (applause).)) -- Benson is hoping she's beat Coleman to the punch on more than just announcements. While the media has been fixated on Coleman's Hamlet act -- to run or not to run? -- the Benson campaign has been bus
February 11, 1998 - When personal computers began infiltrating private homes, some soothsayers predicted one result would be the decline of public libraries. It hasn't happened, at least not in the Twin Cities area where libraries are booming: they are serving more patrons, buying more materials, renovating buildings, and exploring new ways to pay for it all. Peter Pearson, who directs the advocacy group "Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library," remembers the dark days of the 1980's when city budget cuts hit the library system hard.
February 11, 1998 - Members of the radical environmentalist group Earth First! appear to have conceded defeat in their struggle to save 6,000 century-old red pines. The group held a demonstation near the Little Alfie logging site east of Orr, Minnesota, but protesters say they will not block logging trucks. Minnesota Public Radio's Mary Losure reports from Orr.
February 11, 1998 - ((!!! PKG for WEDNESDAY MORNING ED !!!)) A Senate committee has approved a plan to build a new Twins stadium with a combination of user fees, lotteries and a surcharge on game-day parking. Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste has the story: The latest stadium plan needed a positive vote in at least one policy committee to survive past a Friday deadline, and so th
February 11, 1998 - State's attorneys in the Minnesota tobacco trial say they'll have more ammunition against the industry following a special master's recommendation yesterday. The special master recommended the judge order the release of more files the tobacco companies said were protected under attorney/client privilege. Minnesota Public Radio's Elizabeth Stawicki reports.