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September 5, 2001 - The six leading candidates in Saint Paul's mayoral race gathered at Concordia University last night (Tuesday) for their last debate before Tuesday's primary. The six are competing for the city hall office Norm Coleman is vacating after two terms. Minnesota Public Radio's William Wilcoxen has this report on the debate...
September 5, 2001 - The University of Minnesota is welcoming back students for the beginning of the fall semester. The challenge for many of the school's almost 40-thousand thousand undergraduates is figuring out how to pay for the rising cost of an education. Minnesota Public Radio's Patty Marsicano reports:
September 5, 2001 - Minnesota's Structural Balance Law complicates how teachers can negotiate contracts.
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September 13, 2001 - The tragedy of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington DC continues to sink in. In Minnesota's schools, teachers are trying to help students deal with fears brought on by the tragedy. Mainstreet Radio's Tim Post reports.
September 20, 2001 - One of six Minneapolis schools slated to close next year could now survive intact at a new location, and the fate of another school on the list might be delayed. School board members held a public hearing on the revised school closure plan last (Wednesday) night. Despite the changes, many parents remain upset over the potential impact on their children. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports...
September 24, 2001 - It might become more difficult for international students to attend college in Minnesota. The FBI says some suspects and material witnesses in the September 11th terrorist attacks appeared to have entered the country on student visas. Some Minnesota schools say that could prompt changes in how the government issues those visas. Minnesota Public Radio's Patty Marsicano has more:
September 24, 2001 - Dr. John Christianson is the director of the Carlson School's Center for the Study of Healthcare Management. Dr. Christianson says he doubts the changes brought by the Attorney General's audit will have much of an effect on the costs of health care. He says there are bigger factors influencing the growth of consumer health care costs.
September 25, 2001 - As our nation faces a new kind of war, much has been made about what has changed in our world. Even our appreciation of history, is evolving. In 1991, then President George Bush signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. Hundreds of missile silos and launch facilities in the Midwest were demolished. The START agreement provided that one silo and launch command center be preserved to teach future generations about the Cold War and contemplate the power of nuclear weapons. Mainstreet Radio's Cara Hetland takes us to two sites in South Dakota, a minuteman missile silo and launch command that have a new assignment.