May 2, 2003 - MPR's Marisa Helms reports that the University of Minnesota's School of Music is marking 100 years of developing many of the region's foremost music teachers, performers and composers. Helms looks into the school and its history.
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May 8, 2003 - Hundreds of state politicians and political staffers turned out last night Helms has more.
May 8, 2003 - All Thing’s Considered’s Lorna Benson interviews Democratic Senator David Tomassoni about the K-12 education funding bills that have passed in the state House and Senate. Both would allow school districts to sell naming rights to corporate sponsors to raise extra revenue.
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May 14, 2003 - At the end of the month a record number of Minnesotan's will be able to qualify to carry a concealed weapon. The recently passed law has become a controversial and emotionally charged issue around the state. Mainstreet Radio's Erin Galbally reports on how people in Olmsted County are preparing for when the law goes into effect.
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May 14, 2003 - MPR’s Nikki Tundel speaks with Erich Mische, the state director for U.S. Senator Norm Coleman, about a St. Paul high school student facing deportation. Tchisou Tho was scheduled for deportation just 22 days before he would have become the first in his family to graduate from high school, but won a delay that will allow him to graduate with his classmates in June.