March 9, 2001 - Negotiators with Northwest Airlines and the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association are continuing their efforts to reach a contract agreement. They've been meeting since Wednesday at a hotel in Arlington Virginia, just >outside of Washington D.C. They're expected to remain at the negotiating table right up to >the deadline Sunday, when a 30-day cooling off period expires, UNLESS they reach an agreement before >then. INSIDE the closed door sessions, watching the official negotiators are rank and file Northwest mechanics, who've been brought into a traditionally OFF LIMITS process. > >
March 9, 2001 - President George W. Bush today said he'll do whatever he can to prevent airline strikes this year, starting with Northwest Airlines. The president signed an executive order this morning creating a Presidential Emergency Board, preventing Northwest's union mechanics from striking for almost two months. The union had said it might stop work as early as Sunday night. Mark Zdechlik of Minnesota Public Radio reports from Arlington, Virgina, where 11th hour talks between the airline and the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association have been underway since Wednesday.
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March 9, 2001 - President George Bush continued his tax cut roadshow today the nation's top political leaders showed a bipartisan spirit at a Sioux Falls clinic - before the tax bickering began. Mainstreet Radio's Cara Hetland reports:
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March 12, 2001 - > >Northwest Airlines mechiancs remain on the job today under Presidential order >as a three member Bush Administration appointed pannel begins an >investigation of airline's labor dispute. >Negotiatiors for the airline and union worked with the National Mediation >Board through out the weekend but failed to reach an agreement on the four >and a half year old contract dispute. > >The union is now talking about striking Northwest in sixty days after the
March 12, 2001 - Officials with the state Department of Children, Families and Learning say they're taking steps to prevent any further misuse of grant money within their agency. A state senate committee today (Monday) looked at the allegations uncovered in a recent Legislative Auditor's investigation. Those investigators are now promising a sweeping review of grant money in all state agencies. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports...
March 12, 2001 - Negotiators for Northwest Airlines and its mechanics union are back in the Twin Cities after failing to reach an agreement on a new contract. Both sides are awaiting action by an Emergency Board established by President George W. Bush on Friday. If either side rejects its proposal, mechanics could still go out on strike in May, UNLESS Congress imposes a settlement. In the meantime, travel agents and air travellers in the Twin Cities say it's business as usual, thanks to the President's intervention. Minnesota Public Radio's Andrew Haeg reports.
March 12, 2001 - The Twin Cities radio music scene is getting a make over. The new trend appears to be back to the old. Alternative rock station 105 FM abruptly changed its format last week to classic soul and R&B. But this latest change may have less to do with the listeners requests, and more to do with corporate competition. ABC-Disney owns 105FM, rock station KQRS and three other local stations. According to Pioneer Press Media Columnist Brian Lambert, 105FM is basically a pawn.
March 13, 2001 - Independent bookstores strike at online book dealers.