June 26, 2000 - A strike by Twin Cities hotel workers has spread to a seventh area hotel. Members of the hotel employees local 17 walked off the job this morning City officials say they hope to push the two sides into an agreement before Thursday, when 50 thousand people will come to town for an international Alcoholics Anonymous convention. Minnesota Public Radio's Andrew Haeg reports.
June 28, 2000 - The hotel workers' strike mirrors recent janitors' strikes in Chicago and Los Angeles. Sophia Koropetckyj {KOR-roo-PET-skee} is a senior economist who follows labor issues for RFA Dismal Sciences, an economic consulting firm based in West Chester Pennsylvania: She says unions recognize the time is right for low-paid service workers to demand their fair share of America's growing prosperity:
June 29, 2000 - Striking hotel workers have voted overwhelmingly to approve the tentative contract agreement reached by union and hotel management negotiators yesterday (Wednesday). The vote ends the almost two-week old strike that disturbed operations at seven twin cities hotels and threatened to disrupt the Twin Cities largest-ever convention. After weeks of sometimes acrimonious negotiations and picketing, both the and the hotels management say they got what they wanted. Minnesota Public Radio's Andrew Haeg reports.
June 29, 2000 - 50 thousand members of Alcoholics Anonymous are in the Twin Cities this weekend for AA's International Convention. AA officials say they want media attention about the organization to encourage people who have problems with alcohol to seek help. But the organization also respects the anonymity of its members... so it can make things difficult for television newsrooms who need to add pictures to their stories. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports,,,
June 29, 2000 - The International Convention of Alchoholics Anonymous will begins its convention in Minneapolis today . AA is the leading alcohol recovery program in the United States with an estimated 2 million members.. Officials estimate that more than 50 thousand AA members from over 75 different countries will come to the Twin Cities to share their difficulties of defeating alcoholism. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports...
June 30, 2000 - billion gallons of groundwater into the Minnesota River over the next two years while it builds a series of airport tunnels. The board took no action on the permit, but may eventually require a number of conditions be met to address citizen concerns. Minnesota Public Radio's Amy Radil reports.
July 3, 2000 -
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 -
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...