All Things Considered is a comprehensive source for afternoon news and information provided by various MPR hosts in St. Paul and NPR hosts in Washington over the decades. The program contains interviews, reports, speeches and breaking coverage.
December 21, 1981 - All Things Considered’s Gary Eichten talks with MPR reporter Pat Kessler, who details the fight between Governor Al Quie and the Minnesota Legislature over a state budget. Tax provisions are at center of debate.
December 21, 1981 - MPR’s Pat Kessler reports on Minnesota House & Senate passage of budget compromise bill that raises taxes and cuts state budget. Governor Al Quie has stated he will veto controversial measure.
December 31, 1981 - All Things Considered’s Gary Eichten interviews Paul Overgaard, Al Quie’s campaign manager about comments from U.S. Senator Rudy Boschwitz that Governor Quie step aside.
December 31, 1981 - All Things Considered’s Gary Eichten interviews Tom Mason, Rudy Boschwitz’s press secretary about the senator’s comments to Governor Quie about running for re-election.
April 9, 1982 - Barbara Beerhalter, of the Department of Economic Security, comments on Minnesota Supreme Court ruling on permit benefits.
August 17, 1982 - All Things Considered’s Gary Eichten interviews Jeanne Coyne, an attorney from Edina, who has been named to the Minnesota Supreme Court by Governor Al Quie.
December 28, 1982 - MPR’s Pat Kessler reports on the literal stand still in place for much of the Twin Cities after large snowstorm. Kessler details abandoned cars, shut businesses, no school, a sag to Metrdome roof, and airport closure.
December 28, 1982 - Daryl Sherman, of the Minnesota Department of Transportation, updates travel conditions across the state after winter storm.
September 8, 1983 - Merrill Swanson, public relations director for the Minnesota Vikings, discusses Krazy George Henderson, who has been hired as a “cheerleader” of sorts. It’s a far cry from a few years earlier, when Henderson was seen as a disruption in the stands by the team.
November 28, 1983 - With the high below freezing outside the MPR studios in St. Paul, All Things Considered’s Gary Eichten calls for a daily weather forecast in Honolulu, Hawaii.