Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
November 14, 2000 - A privately funded commission on early childhood development is calling on the state to allocate 480 point 7 million dollars a year on pre kindergarten education and child care tax credits. The bipartisan commission says studies prove that early childhood education is essential for children to succeed later in school. But some state officials say the price tag is too big. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports...
November 14, 2000 - Using the 110-year old Grainbelt Brewery as an architectural headquarters. Before that can happen, it needs to be cleaned up and reconstructed.
November 14, 2000 - Many Serbians are now hearing the first detailed account of the atrocities committed by the government's security forces against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. A documentary produced by two M-P-R journalists detailing the war crimes aired on an independent radio station in Belgrade yesterday. American Radioworks correspondents Stephen Smith and Michael Montgomery spent 10 months investigating a mass killing in an ethnic Albanian village called Cuske (CHOOSH-kuh). Their documentary already aired in the United States on National Public Radio, but the Serbian government had censored such reports. Yesterday, Serbians heard a translated version of the documentary, which includes testimony from Serb fighters and traces the chain of authority for the killings to senior generals under former President Slobodan Milosevic. Michael Montgomery co-produced the documentary. He is in Serbia on his way back to Kosovo. He says the airing of the documentary was an indication of how things have changed in Serbia.
November 14, 2000 - MPR’s Maris Helms reports that more than 300 government officials and business leaders were in St. Cloud to give Governor Jesse Ventura feedback on budget proposals he will take before the legislature in January. One of the top issues was funding K-12 education.
November 14, 2000 - Germany's efforts to repay the victims of Nazi atrocities was of particular interest to a group of African American Minnesotans who gathered this morning at Lucille's Kitchen in north Minneapolis. The trans-atlantic conversation followed a spirited forum held at the restaurant on the U-S movement for slavery reparations. The video conference discussion allowed participants in both countries to tell each other why they feel the United States and Germany must not only face their troubled pasts, but make reparations to those who are wronged. Minnesota Public Radio's Brandt Williams moderated the German end of the discussion and has this report from Berlin.
November 14, 2000 - And joining us from Milwaukee to help us understand the situation in Wisconsin is Dave Umhoefer (UM-hay-fer), political reporter for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
November 14, 2000 - Minnesota's two newest members of the House of Representatives are in Washington this week for freshman orientation. Representatives-elect Mark Kennedy and Betty McCollum have until Monday to get their first dose of learning the finer points of congressional rules, staffing procedures and committee assignments. McCollum says she is taking copious notes, but its not all new.
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November 15, 2000 - MPR's William Wilcoxen reports on Minnesotans for Major League Baseball and New Ballpark Incorporated, two local committees looking at various aspects of the long-running ballpark discussion. The groups expect to issue reports by the end of the year.
November 15, 2000 - Smart Growth is the buzz phrase in vogue these days at the Metropolitan Council. Officials there use the expression to describe how the Twin Cities can accomodate more than half a million new residents expected in the next twenty years. The strategy turns on encouraging more people to live in areas already served by roads, sewers and schools. But a chorus of voices says the Met Council's plans are too restrictive and help drive up the cost of housing. Met Council chairman Ted Mondale addresses those issues today at the Midtown YWCA on Lake Street in Minneapolis at his state of the region message. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson has a preview.