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.
May 1, 1996 - The era of genetic engineering begins this spring for Minnesota's largest cash crop. Some farmers will plant corn that contains a built-in pesticide, a gene deadly to the european corn borer. The new corn is expected to account for about 1% of the nations crop this year... buts thats expected to grow rapidly in coming years. Insects are very resilient, and researchers worry the borer will develop a resistance to the new corn...possibly in as little as five years. If that happens it would destroy years of research into one of the most effective tools ever developed to fight the pest.
May 2, 1996 - MPR’s Midmorning host Paula Schroeder interviews Fred Rogers, creator of PBS TV series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Rogers discusses the importance of silence, growing up, and entertaining children.
May 2, 1996 - No simple slogan has emerged yet, characterizing the issues of the 1996 presidential campaign. Back in 1992 it was about "The Economy Stupid!" But as Minnesota Public Radio's Karen-Louise Boothe reports, a group of policy makers, pundits, journalists and community leaders is attempting to define the issues this campaign season.
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May 2, 1996 - State Republicans say correspondance obtained from inside the Wellstone re-election campaign suggests the U-S Senator has violated the spirit of campaign finance laws. They say Wellstone appears to be depositing contributions that would exceed federal limits on his campaign with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. A campaign finance watchdog group says the Republican charges don't appear to hold much water.
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May 2, 1996 - Four of Minneapolis ' poorest neighborhoods will have 150 new or rehabilitated homes in a few years. One of the new homes was dedicated today in Minneapolis ' Central neighborhood . Money for the project comes from companies and foundations. The money is being matched with the know-how of public and non-profit home building agencies who have been struggling to rehabilitate housing in poor neighborhoods. Supporters see the collaboration as a way to build and repair houses faster by linking groups who usually operate independent of one another.
May 3, 1996 - MPR’s Dan Gunderson reports that in rural areas of Minnesota, a profound silence about AIDS and HIV is present. As a result, people with AIDS find little support…and sometimes encounter outright rejection. That stigma is of great concern to family members, church, and health officials.
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May 6, 1996 - Congressman Bruce Vento has introduced legislation to provide greater wilderness protection for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Voyaguers National Park. The bill is intended to counter legislation introduced by Representative James Oberstar to increase motorized use of the two areas.