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March 12, 2001 - > >Northwest Airlines mechiancs remain on the job today under Presidential order >as a three member Bush Administration appointed pannel begins an >investigation of airline's labor dispute. >Negotiatiors for the airline and union worked with the National Mediation >Board through out the weekend but failed to reach an agreement on the four >and a half year old contract dispute. > >The union is now talking about striking Northwest in sixty days after the
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March 12, 2001 - A state task force has recommended that Minnesota shift its reliance on nursing homes toward less costly assisted living alternatives. Forty-thousand Minnesotans now live in nursing homes even though state officials say many could be living on their own with some assistance. This legislative session, Governor Ventura and the Legislature are working on ways to prepare the long-term care system for the state's retiring baby-boomers. Over the next three days, we'll examine Minnesota's long-term care system in our series "A Question of Dignity." Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports on the state's existing options...
March 12, 2001 - Today's big snowstorm was a reminder that it is still winter, despite the few signs of spring we've seen lately. This storm dumped as much as 8 inches of new snow in extreme southern Minnesota, with lesser snowfall amounts throughout the rest of the region. Bill Togstad is a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Chanhassen.
March 12, 2001 - Officials with the state Department of Children, Families and Learning say they're taking steps to prevent any further misuse of grant money within their agency. A state senate committee today (Monday) looked at the allegations uncovered in a recent Legislative Auditor's investigation. Those investigators are now promising a sweeping review of grant money in all state agencies. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports...
March 12, 2001 - Negotiators for Northwest Airlines and its mechanics union are back in the Twin Cities after failing to reach an agreement on a new contract. Both sides are awaiting action by an Emergency Board established by President George W. Bush on Friday. If either side rejects its proposal, mechanics could still go out on strike in May, UNLESS Congress imposes a settlement. In the meantime, travel agents and air travellers in the Twin Cities say it's business as usual, thanks to the President's intervention. Minnesota Public Radio's Andrew Haeg reports.
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March 12, 2001 - The Twin Cities radio music scene is getting a make over. The new trend appears to be back to the old. Alternative rock station 105 FM abruptly changed its format last week to classic soul and R&B. But this latest change may have less to do with the listeners requests, and more to do with corporate competition. ABC-Disney owns 105FM, rock station KQRS and three other local stations. According to Pioneer Press Media Columnist Brian Lambert, 105FM is basically a pawn.
March 13, 2001 - Minnesota's boom and bust taconite industry enjoyed a long healthy period in the 1990's. But by 1998, steel makers began to feel the full of effects of open trade on the global market. The struggle ended for Minnesota's second largest taconite producer in January, when LTV Steel Corporation closed it's Hoyt Lakes mine and taconite pellet plant. Now, as Minnesota Public Radio's Bob Kelleher reports, other producers are fighting to stay open.