Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
August 31, 2000 - Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton signed a resolution today urging the federal government to thoroughly test and label genetically engineered foods. Supporters of the bill call it the strongest genetically engineered food resolution passed by any city council in the country. But biotech industry representatives say the resolution is poorly worded and will cause unwarranted alarm. Minnesota Public Radio's Brandt Williams reports
August 31, 2000 - The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness will be busy this Labor Day Weekend, while visitors hurry to camp and canoe before the summer ends. Officials have been concerned about fires in the Boundary Waters this summer after torrential rains and strong winds blew down millions of trees last July. Mark van Every is with the United States Forest Service. He's on the line now.
August 31, 2000 - MPR’s William Wilcoxen reports how the race to succeed the retiring Bruce Vento has turned into the state's hottest House race. The tradition of political discourse at the State Fair continued as DFL and Independence Party candidates for the 4th Congressional District seat debated at the Minnesota Public Radio booth.
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September 1, 2000 - Governor Jesse Ventura made what he says will be his only visit to this year's State Fair, in contrast to his nonstop campaigning there during the governor's race in 1998. But in addition to extolling the virtues of footlong hotdogs and lemonade, Ventura does some campaigning for his party in endorsing U.S. senate candidate Jim Gibson, and uses his “Lunch With the Governor" radio show to lay out his upcoming political agenda and to poke fun at the other politicians glad-handing at the fair.
September 1, 2000 - Minneapolis resident Jose Filonel Mendoza lost a 12-year legal battle with the Immigration and Naturalization Service, which last week notified him that barring an act of Congress he's being deported to his native Philippines in September. The agency says Mendoza engaged in a sham marriage to evade immigration law in the early 1980's. Since that time, however, Mendoza has remarried, had two children, and -- he says -- been a model citizen. Members of his family's church in Plymouth held a prayer vigil Thursday, protesting his planned deportation. Minnesota Public Radio's Amy Radil reports.
September 1, 2000 - Two of Minnesota's biggest companies, Best Buy and Target Corporation, said yesterday sales had been slower than expected. Target also said its third quarter profits would drop as a result. The share price of both companies took a hit because of the news. The August sales figures for many of the nation's biggest retailers were disappointing. Dr. Sung Won Sohn is chief economist and senior Vice President for Wells-Fargo. He's on the line now.
September 1, 2000 - The development of Block E appears to have taken a big step forward. Minneapolis signed a contract yesterday (THURSDAY) with developer Dan McCaffray to build a complex of hotels, restaurants, and movie theatres on the downtown Hennepin Block. The contract was in question until Wednesday, when an interactive games and restaurants chain called Gameworks signed on as an anchor tenant. The complex will cost the public 39 million dollars. Block E has been the city's biggest development challenge since it razed the area over ten years ago. Steve Cramer is the executive director of lthe MCDA. He's on the line now.
September 1, 2000 - State education officials say most Minnesota school districts are not easing up on their implementation of the Profile of Learning. The controversial system of graduation standards survived this year's legislative session when lawmakers gave schools the option to temporaily reduce the number of student requirements. In a report released today (Friday) by the Department of Children, Families and Learning, 53-percent of the the districts will stay right where they would have been without any choice. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports...
September 1, 2000 - The U-S Department of Health and Human Services has released a report that ranks Minnesota among the top 10 states for binge drinking, youth smoking and teen marijuana use. Some health care experts say results of the agency's annual National Household Survey on Drug Abuse show the state needs to do more to stop teens from experimenting with "gateway drugs." Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports...