July 3, 2000 - MPR’s Lorna Benson talks with Kevin Hennessy, an analyst for Total Sports Publications, about the Minnesota Twins signing starting pitcher Brad Radke to a new four-year contract worth a reported $36 million. The deal will keep the right-hander with the club through 2004. Radke joined the Twins in 1995. He would have been eligible for free agency at the end of this season.
July 3, 2000 - ** Note host outcue ** The hotly-contested D-F-L primary for U-S Senate is generating some hefty campaign war chests. Three of the contenders vying to run against Republican Senator Rod Grams have raised a combined five-million dollars since the campaign began. Two of them - trial attorney Michael Ciresi and former state auditor Mark Dayton - are heavily financing their own campaigns with their personal wealth. But the D-F-L's endorsed candidate - state Senator Jerry Janezich of Chisholm - lags far behind in the money chase, and political observers say he'll have to start catching up to mount a credible campaign. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports...
July 4, 2000 - MPR’s Bob Kelleher takes a look back on the one year anniversary of BWCA blowdown, and what has happened since.
July 4, 2000 - MPR’s Lorna Benson interviews Cathy Quinn, a crew leader on the eastern end of the Gunflint Trail. She says it may be two years before the clean-up is complete and speaks to the enormity of change to landscape.
July 5, 2000 - Candidates vying for retiring Democratic Congressman Bruce Vento's seat hit St. Paul's festivals and parades over July Fourth, taking what could be seen as a break from the fundraising that has occupied them in recent weeks. D-F-L candidates say the race hasn't grabbed voters attention yet, but they hope by meeting and greeting citizens they can build support in time for the party's primary election September 12. Minnesota Public Radio's Amy Radil reports.
July 5, 2000 - MPR’s Stephanie Hemphill catches up with a small band of environmental crusaders starting a planned walk around Lake Superior to bring attention to the need to protect the greatest of the Great Lakes. The walk is fulfillment of an the idea from Walter Bresette, a prominent Ojibwe activist.
July 6, 2000 - MPR’s Lynette Nyman reports on how immigration officials and attorneys are trying to help untangle the confusion around the recently passed Hmong Veterans Naturalization Act. The act signed into law in late May 2000 eases citizenship requirements for those who served in Laos on behalf of the United States during the Vietnam War.
July 10, 2000 - MPR’s Gary Eichten talks with Walter Mondale, former U.S. vice president, who shares his experiences negotiating at Camp David in 1978. Later in program, Eichten interviews Michael Hudson, former president of the Middle East Studies Association and former director of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown. Hudson is currently professor of International Relations at Georgetown University.
July 11, 2000 - ** note host outcue ** With nine weeks to go until the September primary, D-F-L voters are still undecided and divided about the U-S Senate race. That's according to a poll conducted last week for Minnesota Public Radio, the St. Paul Pioneer Press and KARE-11 T-V. None of the four major D-F-L candidates captures more than a fourth of the likely Democratic voters polled. MInnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports...
July 11, 2000 - MPR’s Erin Galbally reports on record breaking floods that have divided downtown Austin, Minnesota. Heavy rains caused the Cedar River, Dobbins Creek and Turtle Creek to overflow into basements and roadways. Some in community find themselves without a home or belongings.