Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
January 9, 2001 - The amount of time used when Police pull over drivers is increasing because of the amount of data collected, but it will be worth it. The Department of Public Safety created a task force in order to get a profile of traffic violators.
January 9, 2001 - Minneapolis and Saint Paul have had their share of zoning battles over adult businesses. But it's not just a big city problem. Several smaller communities around the state are now facing their own zoning disputes with strip clubs. Adult business owners say those local governements are hiding behind harsh zoning laws as a way to unfairly discriminate against their businesses. Mainstreet Radio's Marisa Helms reports.
January 9, 2001 - [Unnamed man] is a tax partner at Aruthur Anderson and teaches a course in state law at the University of Minnesota. He says Ventura's proposal to extend the sales tax is playing very poorly in the business community.
January 9, 2001 - MPR sports commentor Jay Weiner discusses results of a stadium advisory panel created by the Minnesota Twins that say Twins owner Carl Pohlad should contribute $150 million toward a new outdoor baseball stadium. A draft report obtained by the Star Tribune from Minnesotans for Major League Baseball says that amount would cover about the half of the cost. The other half would be financed through taxes as opposed to a "direct public subsidy."
January 10, 2001 - The push to overhaul teacher pay in Minnesota schools appears to be building momentum, but key lawmakers and education groups disagree on how quickly changes should come and how much money is needed. Advocates for teacher compensation reform say changes are needed soon to help retain quality teachers and attract a new generation into the teaching profession. The Association of Metropolitan School Districts hosted a conference on the issue today (Wednesday) in Saint Paul. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports...
January 10, 2001 - African American drivers were pulled over and frisked more than Euro-Americans. Chief Finney comments on why this is so.
January 10, 2001 - American Airlines announced today that it will take over troubled Trans World Airlines and some U-S airways assets in a deal valued at about five (B)billion dollars. If the complicated transaction survives review by the justice department and other authorities, American will own a quarter of the U-S market, about equal to the size of its rival, United airlines. Barbara Beyer is President of AVMARK, an aviation consulting firm. She says the deal makes Northwest an attractive candidate for an aquisition or merger:
January 10, 2001 - Stargazing just got a whole lot better at the University of Minnesota. Today the school received a $5 million gift from Hubbard Broadcasting that will allow it to buy time on the world's largest binocular telescope being built in Arizona. Chair of the Astronomy Department Leonard Kuhi (Kooee) says the telescope will have better resolution than the Hubble space telescope.
January 10, 2001 - Researchers at the Hennepin County Medical Center are reporting an increase in overdoses from GHB and related substances. GHB is also known as liquid ecstasy and has been banned. But HCMC researchers published a report in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine says the ban isn't stopping fitness buffs and teenagers from obtaining the substance. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports...
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