MPR News Features are news segments created for various long-form programming, including Morning Edition and All Things Considered, amongst others. Features run the gambit of interviews, reports, profiles, and coverage.
January 30, 1996 -
January 31, 1996 - The Phillips neighborhood of Minneapolis is preparing to celebrate the end of Peace Month -- an anti-violence campaign in response to last year's record 98 homicides in the city. The Phillips neighborhood alone suffered sixteen homicides last year. Phillips residents cite crime as the biggest problem they face, but when neighborhood organizers drew up plans for spending 18-million dollars from the city's Neighborhood Revitalization Program, they chose not to use the money for a police crackdown. Instead, the neighborhood intends to use NRP to address the long-term roots of crime.
February 1, 1996 -
February 1, 1996 -
February 1, 1996 -
February 1, 1996 - A bill that would extend the life of Northern States Power's Prairie Island nuclear plant is meeting substantial opposition at the state capital. The bill's chief senate sponsor, Steve Novak, says it can't pass in its current form. A first hearing, was postponed while legislators search for a compromise.
February 1, 1996 - A Minnesota Senate committee this evening will discuss how much control local governments should exercise over livestock farms. Advocates of more local control say state regulators haven't responded adequately to pollution and related problems that have grown with the increase in large-scale feedlots. Opponents contend more regulation will only harm an industry already in decline.
February 2, 1996 - MPR’s Gary Eichten talks with officials in Embarrass, Minnesota about losing out on low temperature record to Tower, a town just to the north.
February 2, 1996 - MPR’s Chris Roberts talks with meteorologist Pat Flowers about the record-breaking cold temperatures across the state. Flowers says a warmup is coming…in July.
February 2, 1996 - MPR’s Gary Eichten discusses the record setting cold temperatures found throughout the state with meteorologist Mark Seeley, who explains the atmospheric scenario that created the frigid conditions.