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.
November 7, 2000 - It's election day! And all across the region voters have been flocking to the polls, apparently undeterred by todays inclement weather. We asked Minnesota Public Radio reporters from around the region to check in with what's getting people out to vote in their areas..
November 8, 2000 - St. Paul public schools will gain an additional 105-million dollars over the next five years. Voters in the state's second largest school district approved their first ever excess tax levy referendum on Tuesday by a margin of 57-percent to 43-percent. In Minneapolis voters overwhelmingly renewed a school district levy for another ten years. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports.
November 8, 2000 - Minnesota's fourth Congressional district is staying in Democratic hands with Betty McCollum's victory over Republican Linda Runbeck and the Independence Party's Tom Foley. McCollum is only the second woman in state history to be elected to Congress and the first in more than forty years. Minnesota Public Radio's William Wilcoxen reports...
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November 9, 2000 - Students in Minnesota and the rest of the country are getting a unique civics lesson this week as they wait for a recount of presidential ballots in Florida and a decision on who wins the White House. The unsettled presidential contest is the main topic of discussion in most classrooms, and students are bombarding teachers with questions. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire visited a high school in Minneapolis and filed this report...