Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
January 18, 2001 - ******** LIVE INTRO and LIVE BACK-ANNOUNCE ******* INTRO: The Twin Cities' most notorius traffic bottleneck was created 34 years ago this month. It's where Crosstown 62 and interstate 35-W join on the border between Minneapolis and Richfield. Officials want to re-construct that common stretch of the highway to increase capacity and make it safer. But to do that, they'll have to close parts of it for several years starting in 2002. The state senate transportation committee will hold a hearing on that plan today. Joining us to talk about the history of the Crosstown and 35-W is Dick Braun (BRAWN), former MINN-DOT commissioner. He was a deputy district engineer at the time the combined highway opened in 1967. He says any discussion of that stretch of roadway has to start with 35-W.
January 22, 2001 - Public Television is airing a ten-part series this month on the history of jazz. The eighteen-hour documentary was produced by Ken Burns, who is known for his documentaries on the Civil War and baseball. The series follows jazz from its birth at the dawn of the twentieth century, incorporating significant historical events that influenced the music. Leigh Kamman hosts Minnesota Public Radio's "The Jazz Image," and he came by the studio to talk about the series. He's been watching, and says jazz is a complicated subject.
January 22, 2001 - Cell phones should only be used in emergencies. Casual or business conversations should be written up.
January 22, 2001 - THE BAD NEWS JUST KEEPS COMING FOR MINNESOTA'S IRON RANGE. NOW, NATIONAL STEEL PELLET, IN KEEWATIN, SAYS IT'LL LAYOFF TEN WORKERS BY THE END OF THE WEEK....15 WERE LAID OFF EARLIER THIS MONTH. IN NEARBY HOYT LAKES, 14-HUNDRED JOBS WERE LOST WHEN LTV STEEL CLOSED FOR GOOD, AND IN EVELETH, ALMOST 500 JOBS COULD BE ON THE LINE IF EVTAC CLOSES BECAUSE IT CAN'T GET BANK LOANS OR INSURANCE COVERAGE. MINNESOTA'S TACONITE INDUSTRY HAS ALWAYS RUN IN CYCLES, BUT SOME ON THE RANGE WONDER IF THIS DOWNTOWN IS WORSE THAN OTHERS. ECONOMICS PROFESSOR RICK LICK-TEE TEACHES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-DULUTH AND HE SAYS A SLOWING ECONOMY IS ONLY PART OF THE PROBLEM.
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January 22, 2001 - Abortion opponents are claiming victory now that George W. Bush is in office.
January 22, 2001 - The push to use reusable energy is building up at the Capitol.
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January 22, 2001 - The number of Muslim cabdrivers serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport has grown rapidly in recent years. Muslims .... mostly from Somalia.....now make up 70 percent of the airport's 800 drivers. Some drivers say the Metropolitan Airport Commission's refusal to accomodate their special needs amounts to religious discrimination. Minnesota Public Radio's Jae Bryson reports.
January 22, 2001 - Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer talks with Laura McCallum, MPR’s capitol bureau chief. McCallum previews Governor Ventura’s budget address and probable abortion topic in legislature.