September 17, 1998 - Joan Growe, outgoing Minnesota Secretary of State, talks about her proposals for election reform, and analyzes the low turnout of 20% in Tuesday's primary election. Growe also answered listener questions.
September 18, 1998 - Arne Carlson, outgoing Governor of Minnesota, and William Freund, New York Stock Exchange Chief Economist Emeritus, speaking at 3rd annual Governor's Economic Summit held in St. Paul.
September 18, 1998 - Norm Coleman, St. Paul Mayor and Republican Gubernatorial nominee, talks with MPR’s Gary Eichten about the issues in the campaign for governor. Topics include political ads, opponents in race, tax cuts, education, affordable housing, and abortion. Coleman also answers listener questions.
September 18, 1998 - Ten years ago Phillips residents defeated a plan to build a garbage plant in the Minneapolis neighborhood. This (Friday) afternoon, a group breaks ground for a new office building on the site where the garbage facility was to be built. Organizers say the fight ten years ago plant gave residents the skills to begin the rehabilitation of Phillips, one of Minneapolis' poorest neighborhoods. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson reports. The Phillips garbage transfer station was part of the plan for a huge downtown Minneapolis garbage burning plant. Neighborhood resident Jennifer Naglack remembers the scope of the plan got peoples' attention when the bullzdozers showed up. The city had bought homes and businesses in an area of Phillips called Hungry Hollow, next to highway 55 or Hiawatha avenue and 28th street.
September 18, 1998 - [Note host outcue] In a new poll sponsored by Minnesota Public Radio, the Pioneer Press and KARE 11, most Minnesotans polled do NOT think President Clinton should resign over the Monica Lewinsky scandal. But there's a gender gap on some issues - women tend to be more supportive of Clinton's performance as President, and more willing to forgive him for his affair with Lewinsky. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports... Host outcue: You can find the poll results on our election 98 web site at www.mpr.org.
September 21, 1998 - Reminiscences of the late Muriel Humphrey Brown, wife and widow to the late Senator and Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey. D.J. Leary, Norman Sherman, Jane Freeman, Arvonne Fraser and others share thoughts on Muriel Humphrey Brown’s life. Listeners also share reflections of the Humphrey’s.
September 21, 1998 - As the media frenzy heightens surrounding today's release of President Clinton's videotaped testimony, some members of Minnesota's Congressional delegation say important issues are getting sidetracked by the President's troubles. They hope Congress can get back to legislative business when it reconvenes on Wednesday. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports... Most people probably haven't heard a thing about it, but there's a pretty critical issue facing Congress - the not-so-small matter of a potential government shutdown. That would occur if Congress doesn't pass a dozen spending bills necessary to keep the government running after the new fiscal year starts October 1. Second Distric D-F-L'er David Minge says other than the government shutdown of 1995, Congress has never cut it so close to the f
September 21, 1998 - Governor Arne Carlson has ordered state flags lowered to half staff through Thursday evening to honor Muriel Humphrey Brown. Carlson called Brown "truly a Minnesota treasure." The widow of former vice president Hubert Humphrey, and mother of four children including gubernatorial candidate Skip Humphrey died yesterday in a Minneapolis hospital. She was 86 years old. Minnesota Public Radio's Mike Mulcahy has this remembrance:
September 22, 1998 - A Mainstreet Radio special broadcast from Sioux Falls. Program highlights the farm crisis, and the low crop prices. Mark Steil interviews Stan Stevens, University of Minnesota Extension Economist, who shares insights on the factors playing into low prices, including weather and production risk.
September 22, 1998 - A Mainstreet Radio special broadcast from Sioux Falls. Program highlights the controversy over the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern coal train. The railroad wishes to create large expansion as coal hauler from Wyoming, through South Dakota, and into southern Minnesota. Mark Steil interviews Kevin Schieffer, president of Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad; and Paul Wilson, co-chair of Olmsted DM&E taskforce.