March 4, 2002 - (to follow two chunks on Bush's speech) The President at this hour is attending a fundraiser in downtown Minneapolis for Senate Hopeful Norm Coleman. The event is expected to raise as much as one-million dollars for Coleman. Incumbent Democrat Paul Wellstone is one of 10 senators who voted against Bush's education bill. Recent polls have found voters split evenly between Coleman and Wellstone.
March 4, 2002 - On this Mainstreet Radio report, MPR’s Chris Julin looks into the Ely school district starting a "wilderness high school." School officials are trying to recruit a dozen students from cities around the state. The students will go to Ely High School, but they'll also spend lots of time traveling the Boundary Water wilderness in canoes and on snowshoes.
March 4, 2002 - President Bush is in downtown Minneapolis at this hour raising money for Norm Coeman's senate campaign. The president was at Eden Prarie High school earlier this afternoon to promote his education reform plans. We have two reports beginning with Mark Zedechlic who's live at the downtown Minneapolis Hilton: in town working on Coleman's behalf:
March 5, 2002 - (NOTE HOST OUTCUE) Tonight (TUESDAY) marks the start of the 2002 campaign season. The state's four major parties hold precinct caucuses this evening -- the first step towards the state conventions later this year and ultimately the governor's mansion and U.S. Senate. The neighborhood meetings take on a special significance this year since most of the major candidates have agreed to step out of the race if they don't win party backing. Minnesota Public Radio's Michael Khoo reports.
March 5, 2002 - Minnesotans will gather in community centers and schools across the state tonight (TUESDAY) for precinct caucuses. The meetings are the first step in selecting candidates for the 2002 election. In advance of the caucuses, two Republican candidates for governor - Tim Pawlenty and Brian Sullivan - have been running ads to introduce themselves to voters. In the first in a series of Ad Watches, Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum asks an advertising expert to critique the latest spots...
March 6, 2002 - The 2002 campaign season officially began last night (TUESDAY), as Minnesotans gathered in community centers and school gymnasiums for precinct caucuses. The neighborhood gatherings are the first step in the process of choosing candidates for the November election. In an early sign of party support, Republican caucus attendees favored gubernatorial candidate Brian Sullivan over Tim Pawlenty 51-percent to 37-percent. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports...
March 6, 2002 - MPR Classical Music Host Lynn Warfel-Holt interviews Thomas Rossin, music director of Twin Cities based group Exultate, about Johann Sebastian Bach’s personal bible. Rossin has been studying the book for insights into Bach, the musician, and the spiritual man.
March 7, 2002 - Governor Ventura says the Legislature may have left the state ill-prepared to deal with a terrorist attack. Ventura told an emergency management conference today that a budget balancing bill passed last week over his objections has depleted the state's reserves and has made the state vulnerable. Lawmakers say the state's emergency officials are already adequately prepared. And House lawmakers today proposed legislation that would give law enforcement better investigatory and response training. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports...
March 8, 2002 - Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin gave her first public defense against charges of plagiarism last night Thursday before an audience at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul.
March 8, 2002 -