October 27, 2000 - The University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus contains the biggest student voting block in the state. With almost 27,000 undergraduates alone the University of Minnesota is fertile ground for candidates courting the youth vote. But campaigns are finding apathy remains a big problem among young voters. Minnesota Public Radio's Patty Marsicano reports.
October 30, 2000 - Republican Vice Presidential candidate Dick Cheney focused on education at a campaign appearance today (MONDAY) in Rochester. The stop at a Catholic high school comes at a time when polls show the Republican presidential ticket within site of winning Minnesota for the first time since 1972. Minnesota Public Radio's Art Hughes reports.
November 1, 2000 - in Minneapolis. Bush stressed tax cuts, and attacked Democratic opponent Al Gore as a big spender who's achieved little as vice president. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports...
November 1, 2000 - Voters from across the state will decide the fate of more than fifty school referendum proposals when they head to the polls next week. School districts are asking for more money for everything from day to day operations to brand new facilities. Minnesota Public Radio's Erin Galbally reports from Rochester. On November 7th Rochester schools will ask for tax payer support to save them from a projected multi million dollar deficit. Rochester is hardly an anomaly this election cycle. Faced with dwindling enrollment, the Blooming Prairie School District plans to ask for more money... and in Lakeville approval of a school referendum will mean five million dollars more for the district for the next seven years. Northern Minnesota's Greenway school district says without referendum money its schools could go bankrupt. Back in Rochester schools are looking for an annual infusion of ten million dollars for the next ten years. School Board Member Lori Jonason says like referendum proposals in Farmington and Crookston schools need the money to avoid massive cuts. Jonason:
November 2, 2000 - Voters in Minneapolis will decide November 7th whether to continue paying extra taxes for the teaching staff needed to keep class sizes small in the city's public schools. Minneapolis school district officials say their excess levy, which has generated an extra 40-million dollars a year for the past ten years, has been a key factor in improving student achievement. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports...
November 3, 2000 - The three major candidate for US Senate fanned out across the state today to get out the vote and pick up last-minute support before next Tuesday's election. We begin our coverage of the Senate race with Minnesota Public Radio's Michael Khoo who spent the day with DFLer Mark Dayton.
November 3, 2000 - The University of Minnesota has named Tom Moe the PERMANENT Men's Athletic Director. Moe's career has been spent in law and not athletics, but the University sees him as the ideal person for the job. Minnesota Public Radio's Patty Marsicano reports:
November 3, 2000 - Saint Paul voters will decide November 7th whether they want to pay additional property taxes to help public schools. School district officials say the additional 105-million dollars over five years would provide students more time and technology, which they say will ultimately improve student achievement. But opponents of the levy referendum say the only certainty is higher tax bills. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports...
November 3, 2000 - The "Citizens' Ad Police" were on patrol again this week, critiquing some of the campaign ads blanketing the airwaves. M-P-R ad analyst Dean Alger gathered a group of six Twin Cities residents to watch the latest ads in hotly-contested Congressional races, and a few commercials for Independence Party candidates. In the last of our series of Ad Watches for campaign 2000, Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports...
November 6, 2000 - Election day will be especially interesting for people in the Greenway School District on the Iron Range where the schools are facing bankruptcy.The district is asking voters to voluntairly increase their taxes for ten years to help get the district back in the black. Voters in more than 50 Minnesota school districts will vote on similar tax increases. Greenway officials say without the money, they may be forced to consolidate with a neighboring district. Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Julin reports.