March 18, 1993 - Wisconsin was the first state in the country to include sexual orientation as a protected class under the state’s equal employment, open housing and public accommodation laws.
March 19, 1993 - MPR’s Mike Mulcahy reports on bill passage in both Minnesota Senate and House of Representatives that changes the state's human rights law to prohibit discrimination against gays and lesbians in areas like housing, employment and education.
March 19, 1993 - State Senator Allen Spear speaks on the day gay rights bill was passed by Senate at the legislature.
March 19, 1993 - State Senator Linda Runbeck speaks on the floor, opposes gay rights bill.
March 22, 1993 - A collection of news reports and interviews on this hour of Midday.
March 22, 1993 - MPR’s Gary Eicthen interviews Lois Quam about plan being developed regarding national health care situation. Quam serves on the Clinton administration's health reform task force.
March 24, 1993 - An MPR documentary about the proliferation of weapons in the schools and the tendency of young people to resort to violence as a way of solving problems. MPR reporters Dan Gunderson, Mark Zdechlik, Donna Nicholson and Kate Smith present various viewpoints from students, teachers, police, parents and others.
March 25, 1993 - MPR’s Bruce MacDonald interviews Forrest Peterson, editor of the West Central Tribune in Willmar, about on phone scandal involving Alan Welle, Majority Leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives. Peterson details reactions of constituents in the area.
April 1, 1993 - The Senate approved the legislation by a vote of 37 to 30; there was no debate. The bill prohibits discrimination against gays and lesbians in employment, housing and other areas.
April 8, 1993 - Minnesota historian Hy Berman breaks down how ‘phonegate’ ranks in scandalous political moments of Minnesota’s past.