October 10, 2000 - Minneapolis Schools Superintendent Carol Johnson will recommend to the school board tonight that the district stop sponsering or promoting Boy Scout Troops. That decision is a reaction to the U-S Supreme Court ruling which allows the Boy Scouts to ban gay troop leaders. Superintendent Johnson says the policies of the Boy Scouts and the school district are now in direct conflict. Minneapolis Schools Superintendent Carol Johnson.
October 12, 2000 - The clear blues skies over Snowbank Lake filled with billowing smoke, as the Forest Service set a prescribed fire in timber blown down in the July 1999 windstorm. Fire experts consider controlled burn just the first of many more to come in and near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
October 13, 2000 - Hundreds of mourners came to St. Paul to pay a final tribute to Bruce Vento, who passed away on October 10th, 2000. The former school teacher and twelve-term Congressman was hailed as a champion of the environment, the working class, and the needy. Vento died at the age of 60 from a rare form of lung cancer, as a result of exposure to asbestos.
October 17, 2000 - Rebecca Wells, author of the best-selling book, "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" speaking in the Twin Cities at the Pen Pals Lecture Series sponsored by the Library Foundation of Hennepin County.
October 18, 2000 - Clyde Bellecourt, co-founder of the American Indian Movement, discusses his views on voting in U.S. government elections.
October 18, 2000 - MPR’s Katherine Lanpher talks with highly acclaimed gay poet and memoirist Mark Doty. The two discuss his second memoir “Firebird.” Doty reads from his book.
October 23, 2000 - MPR’s Chris Roberts reports on the announcement of Andreas Delfs as the new Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra music director. Delfs replaces the recently departed Hugh Wolff.
October 30, 2000 - MPR’s Bob Reha profiles William "Jack" Jackson, a North Dakota author who travels around gathering strange stories…like a dogfight with a UFO over Fargo, finding the back door to hell, and meeting a ghost named Sophie.
November 1, 2000 - The three leading candidates for the U-S Senate in Minnesota divide sharply over some environmental issues; but sound remarkably similar on others. There are clear divisions on what to do about oil exploration and global warming But the differences get cloudy over logging, mining, and motorized recreation. Minnesota Public Radio's Bob Kelleher reports: { {script}
November 1, 2000 - As part of our election year coverage Minnesota Public Radio has invited all seven candidates for U-S Senate to present a four minute statement about their candidacy. This week, the candidates will present their views on each of M-P-R's News programs. These candidate statements are unfiltered and unedited by MPR: That was socialist worker party candidate Rebecca Ellis, one of the seven Minnesota candidates for U-S Senate. Minnesota Public Radio has invited ALL the senate candidates to present their views . You can hear Independent candidate Erik Pakieser tomorrow on Morning Edition.... and all the statements on our web site at Minnesota Public Radio dot O-R-G.