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 28, 1996 - A decison by the United States Supreme court today requires the tobacco industry to turn over organized indices of internal documents to states suing tobacco companies to recover medicad costs for sick smokers. It's part of a lawsuit FILED BY Minnesota. Attorneys working on the SUIT for the states, say having a guide will help THEM find what they need amoung the millions of documents. The tobacco industry says the decision is tantamount to requiring THEM to share internal legal documents with the opposing side.
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May 29, 1996 - MPR’s Eric Friesen speaks with The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Conductor Hugh Wolff from the city of Sendai shortly after the second concert of a tour in Japan. The trip is being seen as an important opportunity to develop a Japanese following for the SPCO. Wolff says Japanese audiences have given the SPCO a warm welcome.
May 29, 1996 - for ATC Wednesday State Republican Party leaders have unveiled their proposed 1996 platform. It's expected to be debated, amended and adopted this week during the state convention in Duluth.
May 29, 1996 - Are Native Americans a racial minority? That's the question before the Minnesota Board of Education later this afternoon, when it considers a request from Native American leaders NOT to be included in the state's new school desegregation rule. The request is an attempt to safe-guard majority-Indian schools.
May 29, 1996 - An IRS agent testified in the White Earth corruption trial that several tribal officials claimed they were in two locations at once. The agent told the court tribal chairman Chip Wadena and officials Rick Clark and Jerry Rawley filed reports showing they attended gaming commission meetings at their casino office while records show they were also traveling out of town. But a defense attorney maintains the agent misled the jury. Tribal Chair Chip Wadena, Rick Clark and Jerry Rawley face federal charges in connection with alleged corruption on the White Earth reservation.
May 29, 1996 - You've probabley noticed this spring, evergreens, especially bushes,aren't doing too well - not living up to their names, actually. It's because many were servely damaged during the harsh weather last winter. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik spoke with some experts about what you should do if you evergreens are looking brown and burnt.
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May 30, 1996 - MPR’s Dan Olson profiles playwright Rebecca Rice and her play Everlasting Arms, which is being performed at The Penumbra Theatre.