January 18, 1980 -
January 19, 1980 - Sonia Johnson, feminist and equal rights amendment (ERA) supporter, speaking at the University of Minnesota. Johnson was excommunicated from the Mormon church after she spoke out for ERA and against church political activities against ERA. Her address is part of a country tour in trying to rally renewed support for the Equal Rights Amendment. In her speech, she says she took on the political arm of the church and lost - a political arm that she says is actively campaigning against passage of the ERA and using deception as a key tool.
January 19, 1980 - Irv Anderson, Farmer Democratic Labor (DFL) majority house leader wants to be named speaker.
January 21, 1980 - Task force members say the current Eminent Domain law are outdated, unfair, too vague and will likely cause more problems. More project on power line, pipeline, and highway will require property condeMinnesotaation.
January 22, 1980 - MPR’s Lee Axdahl reports on U.S. Senator Dave Durenburger requesting Small Business Administartion (SBA) assist businesses near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. The business owners say they are struggling since restrictions of the 1978 BWCA Wilderness Act.
January 23, 1980 - Jeannie Wiegum, president of the Association for Non-Smokers Rights (ANSR), discusses the Minnesota Clean Air Act. Call-in program.
January 24, 1980 -
January 24, 1980 - Governor Al Quie delivers his second "state of the state" address to a joint session of the Minnesota legislature. Reaction to the speech follows.
January 24, 1980 -
January 24, 1980 -