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.
April 17, 1996 - New statistics released this week are fueling concern that the Minnesota system for people with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities... does not serve minorities fairly. The report says minorities are admitted disproportionately to at least one state hospital... and are more likely than whites to be on waiting lists for more desirable home-care services. In part two of our series, Minnesota Public Radio's John Biewen reports the findings are consistent with those in other states.
April 17, 1996 - A plaque was dedicated to Minnesota's women veterans on the state capitol mall today.
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April 18, 1996 - Commentator Gary Eustice has seen a lot of people who've gone through tough times in his years as a therapist. But sometimes, a particular case, a particular person, proves to be haunting. Sometimes, Gary Eustice says, it's too much to ask people to rise above what has happened to them.
April 18, 1996 - Minneapolis officials say they're outraged by Governor Carlson's veto of funding for expansion of the city's convention center. The $12-million dollar convention center cut was the project in the $38-million dollars Carlson trimmed from the half-billion dollar bonding bill.
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April 19, 1996 - MPR’s Chris Roberts reports on a potent mixture of visual arts, drama and jazz form at a Penumbra Theatre production of Portrait of the Artist as a Soul Man Dead.