March 21, 1994 - Father Greg Boyle, who works with gangs in South Los Angeles California, speaking at Minneapolis Community College. In address, Boyle states the Twin Cities approach to fighting gang violence is all wrong.
March 22, 1994 - Midday focuses on how public policy effects the use of alcohol. Allan Spear, Minnesota state senator; and George Hacker, director of the Alcohol Policies Project of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, discuss legislation (both state and national) intended to stop alcohol abuse. Spear and Hacker also answer listener questions.
March 31, 1994 - On this Midday program, the topic today is prisons. Guests Connie Roehrich, the warden of the Shakopee Correction Facility for Women; and Frank Wood, the state's corrections commissioner talk about Minnesota prison system. Roehrich and Wood also answer listener questions.
April 25, 1994 - Midday’s Gary Eichten interviews Rod Sando, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources commissioner, about Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians v. Minnesota court case.
May 19, 1994 - With the National Rifle Association holding its annual convention in Minneapolis, Midday has a call-in on gun control and the NRA, as well as a discussion with guests Howard Orenstein, Minnesota DFL state representative; and Richard Gardiner, NRA’s Counsel for Legislative Affairs.
May 19, 1994 - Daniel Farber, a law professor at the University of Minnesota, comments on Montana court ruling and 2nd Amendment regarding gun control issue.
August 2, 1994 - Midday presents a community policing MPR documentary entitled A New Kind of Cop, followed by a discussion and call-in with Lucy Gerold, director of Community Services Bureau for the Minneapolis Police Department. Gerold comments on local efforts on community policing and National Night Out.
August 12, 1994 - An AP Network special report with President Clinton’s remarks to the National Association of Police Organizations at the Marriott City Center in Minneapolis. Sharon Sayles Belton, mayor of Minneapolis; Edward Rendell, mayor of Philadelphia; Norm Coleman, mayor of St. Paul; and Rudolph Giuliani, mayor of New York City, briefly speak prior to Clinton. Mick Ganley, Minneapolis police Sargent, introduces President Clinton.
August 15, 1994 - Sister Helen Prejean, lecturer and death row "inmate advocate,” speaking at Twin Cities seminar on the death penalty, sponsored by the group "Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights". In address, Prejean talked about her contact with death row inmates and the families of the victims, as well as her efforts to inform people of the financial and social costs of the death penalty.
August 19, 1994 - Jack Tunheim, Chief Deputy Attorney General of Minnesota, discusses President Clinton’s federal crime bill, known as Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. Topics include increase in police force, stiffer penalties, and assault weapons ban. Tunheim also answered listener questions.