August 17, 2000 - Monica Webber, from Staples, Minnesota, is an alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention . She is a student at the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph and has been waiting for this opportunity for a long time.
August 17, 2000 - Emotions ran high last night as 40 citizens addressed a city council hearing on police conduct during last month's animal genetics conference. During the three hour-hearing, people who were involved in the protests against the conference or who were just observers railed against the police department, the chief and the city council over the conduct of officers and the cost of the operation. Minnesota Public Radio's Brandt Williams reports:
August 17, 2000 - The Democratic National Convention wraps up tonight when Vice-President Al Gore formally accepts his party's nomination for President. Throughout the week, Democrats have been treading a fine line between the party's more liberal elements and the need to appeal to centrists and independent voters. Some of that tension was on display last night during vice-presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman's remarks. Earlier today, Minneapolis Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton attended a closed meeting with Senator Lieberman. And Minnesota Public Radio's Michael Khoo joins us now from the convention center in Los Angeles. Michael, what was on the agenda?
August 18, 2000 - Vice President Al Gore is in LaCrosse, Wisconsin this morning to kick off his campaign in the midwest. He's there with his wife Tipper Gore, and Vice Presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman and his wife Hadassah (Heh DAH sa). The group will take a four-day riverboat trip down the Mississippi, finishing in Hannibal, Missouri. The Midwest states along the Mississippi are closely contested this year. John Medinger (MED in ger (g like great)) is the mayor of LaCrosse. He's out in the park where the ceremonies are scheduled to begin in just over a half hour.
August 18, 2000 - About 10-thousand Al Gore supporters showed up in LaCrosse, Wisconsin this morning, where the Democratic presidential nominee and his running mate Joseph Lieberman embarked on a four-day riverboat trip to kick off the post-convention phase of their campaign. The candidates spiced their speeches with Midwestern references in their bid to both keep up the momentum from the convention, and to bolster lagging support in states that Democrats used to be able to rely on. Minnesota Public Radio's Art Hughes has the first of two reports from LaCrosse.
August 18, 2000 - Erin Galbally reporting on Gore's acceptance speech for party nomination
August 18, 2000 - Vice-President Al Gore and running mate Joseph Lieberman are beginning their day today . They say they're energized by Gore's acceptance speech -- but as Minnesota Public Radio's Michael Khoo reports, state D-F-Lers admit the campaign won't be easy.
August 21, 2000 - Speeches from two Reform Party presidential candidates: former Republican Party presidential candidate Pat Buchanan and former Natural Law Party candidate John Hagelin. Speeches took place at the Reform Party's national convention in Long Beach, California.
August 21, 2000 - In June, state senator Jerry Janezich survived hours of debate and nine ballots to become the D-F-L's endorsed candidate for U-S Senate. With the party's backing, the support of the state's major labor unions, and a strong base on Minnesota's Iron Range, the Chisholm native might seem like a natural choice to challenge incumbent Republican Rod Grams. But Janezich must first fight his way through a hotly-contested primary battle where he faces three well-funded opponents. In the latest in our series of candidate profiles, Minnesota Public Radio's Michael Khoo takes a look at Jerry Janezich.
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