January 15, 2001 - Concern that recent court rulings against internet software robots could restrict public access to the internet.
January 16, 2001 - The Twin Cities' Metropolitan Airports Commission took a small step today (Tuesday) toward building a link with the Rochester airport as a way to ease congestion. The commission agreed to spend 25-thousand dollars to see if the idea has any support. Minnesota Public Radio's Art Hughes reports. {Rochester airport officials have been busy in recent years developing their facility. One runway was recently lengthened to 75-hundred feet and another is scheduled to be expanded to nine thousand feet to accomodate larger planes. Rochester has a new cargo facility, the main terminal is being expanded and just this week TWA began flights to St. Louis. Rochester Senator Shiela Kiscaden appeared before the Minneapolis-St.Paul Airports Commission to begin what she calls a 'formal alliance' to see whether Rochester and the Twin Cities can compliment each other's air traffic needs.
January 16, 2001 - Throughout the country people are losing their jobs as companies struggle with decreased sales. Rising energy costs, a sagging stock market, and declining consumer confidence threaten to derail the nation's longest economic expansion. The incoming Bush administration is using the threat of RECESSION... to bolster the argument for massive tax cuts. And the Federal Reserve Bank has begun cutting interest rates. Local economists say as the nation goes SO TOO does Minnesota. Layoffs are hitting this region... people who assist dislocated workers say they're busier now than they've been in nearly a decade. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik reports...
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January 16, 2001 - From Minnesota Public Radio, this is Future Tense for January 16th. I'm Jon Gordon. Today...do we expect too much from Internet companies when it comes to protecting our privacy? A Microsoft executive says yes. First...this news. Hoping to boost sagging profits, wireless giant Motorola will shut down its only U-S cellphone factory and lay off about 2,500 plant employees. The jobs being cut in Harvard, Ill., represent nearly 2 percent of Motorola's work force of 130,000. Motorola has pledged
January 17, 2001 - MPR's Andrew Haeg presents various local viewpoints on the telecommunication regulations debate. The Ventura administration wants to dramatically change the way the state regulates telecommunications. The goal is to foster competition for telephone and cable customers throughout the state, and, by doing so affordable and advanced services to all Minnesotans.
January 17, 2001 - Some Minnesota lawmakers are looking for someone to blame for soaring natural gas prices. At a Senate committee hearing Tuesday, several Senators questioned whether consumers are getting gouged. But as Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports, the reasons for the high prices aren't that simple...
January 17, 2001 - Northwest Airlines has announced a multi BILLION dollar aircraft order it says will modernize and simplify its fleet. The Minnesota-based airline, which flies the OLDEST FLEET of any of the majors, is buying 52 Boeing and Airbus planes many of which will replace Northwest DC-10's. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik reports....
January 17, 2001 - Officials from around the state broke ground today (Wednesday) on the eleven-and-a-half mile Hiawatha light rail line in Minneapolis. The ceremony marked the start of construction on the massive $675 million dollar transit project which begin carrying passengers in about three years. Minnesota Public Radio's Art Hughes reports.
January 18, 2001 - North Dakota and South Dakota are using government funded broadband networks to bring state of the art telecommunications access to all parts of the state. Officials there believe encouraging telecommunication companies to build an infrastructure to meet government needs will mean better access for business and everyone else. Mainstreet Radios Dan Gunderson reports.