Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
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January 23, 2001 - First-year college women lack confidence in their computer skills and that means fewer career opportunities, since they will not go into a degree that uses a lot of computers.
January 23, 2001 - Seventh district D-F-L Congressman Colin Peterson was among a group of democratic and republican lawmakers who met with President Bush this afternoon. Peterson says the new administration invited lawmakers it views as policy-minded rather than partisan-minded for a get-to-know-you session. He says he came away from today's meeting with a good feeling about Bush.
January 23, 2001 - SHORT LEAD: The Caring Sharing hands proposal is actually only one of several plans to open residential facilities for children in Minnesota, but as Minnesota Public Radio's Mary Stucky reports there is still fierce opposition.
January 23, 2001 - Mary Jo Copeland will have to keep looking for a place to build the state's largest children's home. The Brooklyn Park city council voted 5-to-1 last night NOT to re-zone a former golf course to build the facility. Copeland is the founder of Sharing and Caring Hands in Minneapolis, and she says the home would be geared for children whose parents are unable or unfit to care for them. The project has been controversial, and encountered a similar obstacle in Brooklyn Center. Grace Arbogast (are bih GAST) is the mayor of Brooklyn Park, and she's on the line now.
January 23, 2001 - Parts of Northern California may be hit with more blackouts this morning as officials scrounge for electricity. Efforts continue to find a long-term solution to the problem. A proposal crafted over the weekend would allow the state to take over hydro-electric facilities, currently owned by cash-strapped utilities. California's energy crisis is the result of both deregulation and an energy shortage. Linda Taylor is the Deputy Commissioner for Energy at the Minnesota Department of Commerce. She says we shouldn't see anything like the California crisis here in Minnesota-- but we ARE facing a shortage of our own.
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January 23, 2001 - The possibility of getting rid of the Winona courthouse.
January 23, 2001 - Governor Jesse Ventura releases his two-year budget this morning (TUESDAY) at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Ventura has laid out his major priorities over the past few months, and administration officials told House Republicans the Governor will phase in his proposed income tax cut rather than do it all at once. Lawmakers say they're anxious to see all the details. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports...
January 23, 2001 - Ventura says that public education was the winner of his budget a couple of years ago. Now the focus needs to now go elsewhere.