December 13, 1994 - Arne Carlson, Minnesota governor (I-R), discusses his reelection. Topics include shift of power from federal to states, balanced budget amendment, state spending, MET Council, new EJJ law, and non-profits. Carlson also answers questions from listeners.
December 13, 1994 - Ann Rest, DFL state representative and chair of Minnesota House Tax Committee, comments on study that shows Minnesota as the fifth highest state in the nation for taxes.
December 14, 1994 - Erica Whittlinger, president of Whittlinger Capital Management and co-founder of the Minnesota chapter of the Concord Coalition, discusses federal entitlement spending. Topics include legislative action on entitlements, budget, and federal deficit. Whittlinger also answers listener questions.
December 18, 1994 - MPR’s Gary Eichten has a wide ranging conversation with outgoing U.S. Senator Dave Durenberger, who reflects on his 16-year tenure in the U.S. Senate and on what’s next. Durenberger also answers listener call-in questions.
December 21, 1994 - Linda Berglin, DFL state representative and chair of the Minnesota Health Committee, discusses expansion of MnCare, federal funding, and taxes.
December 27, 1994 - Steven Schier, professor of political science at Carleton College, talks about the Minnesota stature in U.S. politics history, especially in the 1960s…with the likes of Walter Mondale, Eugene McCarthy, and Hubert H. Humphrey.
December 28, 1994 - MPR’s Joelle Audette profiles Native American enivironmentalist activist Winona LaDuke, who is involved in a land recovery project for the White Earth Indian Reservation. Report includes interview with LaDuke on her various activities.
December 29, 1994 - Midday’s Gary Eichten talks with John Marty, DFL state senator, about recommendations to moving back primary election date from September to early summer in order to reduce party infighting and increase public participation.
January 3, 1995 - A Midday discussion on welfare reform with KJ Jacobson from Women for Change; Susan Rowe from the welfare rights group Women, Work and Welfare; and John Petraborg, deputy commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services.
January 6, 1995 - MPR’s Karen Louis Booth looks at the first year of Sharon Sayles Belton’s mayoral tenure. Reports includes commentary by Belton and others on what the year’s challenges and accomplishments were in the mayoral office.