April 13, 1995 - Cal Larson, state senator representing the 10th District, details his plan submitted at the state capitol that increased property valuation cannot be higher than the consumer price index (CPI).
April 17, 1995 - Stephen Young, an attorney who was with the USAID in Vietnam and taught Vietnamese history at the University of Minnesota; and Steve Sherlock, a Vietnam combat veteran, former activist in Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and founder and president of Aid to Southeast Asia, discuss the Vietnam War and any lessons that can be learned from U.S. involvement. Young and Sherlock also answer listener questions.
April 17, 1995 - A Voices of Minnesota feature with former Senator Rudy Boschwitz about his work in the US senate. Part 1 of 2.
April 17, 1995 - A Voices of Minnesota feature with former Senator Rudy Boschwitz about his work in the US senate. Part 2 of 2.
April 20, 1995 - Sharon Sayles Belton and Norm Coleman, the respective mayors in the Twin Cities, speak of their thoughts and concerns after news of the Oklahoma City bombing.
April 21, 1995 - On this Midday program, Dr. Stephen Carter, author of the book The Culture of Disbelief: How American Law and Politics Trivializes Religious Devotion, talks in the MPR studios about religion and public life.
April 24, 1995 - Midday presents President Bill Clinton speaking in the Twin Cities at the annual meeting of the American Association of Community Colleges. Clinton addresses the ongoing tragedy in Oklahoma City and his ideas for education reform and the importance of community colleges in the educational system.
April 26, 1995 - Annual “Earth Day” Open Forum Town Meeting, presenting guest speaker Paul Hawken, businessman and author. Hawken addresses how business can become a friend of the environment. Hawken’s books include “The Ecology of Commerce” and “Growing a Business.”
April 26, 1995 - MPR’s Bill Wareham reports on differing tracking results of bias incidents between Minnesota Gay and Lesbian Community Action Council (GLCAC) and the state’s numbers from police records. GLCAC states that while overall numbers are down from previous year, violent hate crime incidents are up.
April 26, 1995 - Attorney General Skip Humphrey comments on U.S. Supreme Court ruling that threw out a federal law that bans a guns from 1,000 ft of school grounds. Humphrey notes that there is a state law in place that is still in effect.