Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
March 8, 2001 - In Sauk Rapids, there is a big debate about how meat, especially beef, should be given to consumers.
March 8, 2001 - INTRO-- An exhibit showcasing the art of Yoko Ono opens this weekend at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Ono, who is best known for her marriage to John Lennon, has pushed the boundaries of art during her 40-year career. The Walker exhibit features more than 150 pieces of her work, including many she did in collaboration with Lennon. Barbara Haskell is a curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, and co-author of a book about Yoko Ono's work. Haskell says Ono began in the early 1960s with performance art, which was cutting edge at the time.
March 8, 2001 - A division of Honeywell is laying off 500 employees at four Twin Cities area plants. The company says the layoffs are unrelated to the pending merger with General Electric. But that merger is expected to result in tens of thousands of layoffs company-wide eventually. Minnesota Public Radio's Bill Catlin reports.
March 8, 2001 - The accomplishments of girls and women are being celebrated worldwide today in honor of International Women's Day. University of Minnesota law professor Barbara Frey (FRY) thinks that women's everyday acheivements often go unrecognized.
March 8, 2001 - In 1994, the Pew Charitable Trust gave the state and three counties $1.5 million to use for Children, Families, and Learning. In 1998, they didn't spend all the money. They illegally gave the money to the United Way of Olmstead County as means of a bank account.
March 8, 2001 - Emotional testimony from victims of gun violence marked today's (THURSDAY) hearing on a concealed handgun bill. Two women whose parents were shot in front of them told their stories to lawmakers. But the two took different sides in the gun debate. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports...
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March 9, 2001 - All Things Considered’s Lorna Benson talks with reporter Michael Khoo about Governor Jesse Ventura’s visit in Rochester, where he met with local residents on selling his budget proposal. The most revealing stop on his tour may have been to Evergreen Place, an assisted living facility in Pine Island, just north of the city.
March 9, 2001 - Negotiators with Northwest Airlines and the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association are continuing their efforts to reach a contract agreement. They've been meeting since Wednesday at a hotel in Arlington Virginia, just >outside of Washington D.C. They're expected to remain at the negotiating table right up to >the deadline Sunday, when a 30-day cooling off period expires, UNLESS they reach an agreement before >then. INSIDE the closed door sessions, watching the official negotiators are rank and file Northwest mechanics, who've been brought into a traditionally OFF LIMITS process. > >