August 23, 2000 - ** note host outcue ** As more and more campaign ads fill the airwaves this election year, a couple of candidates are trying different approaches to cut through the clutter. A commercial created by Minneapolis adman Bill Hillsman for Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader parodies a popular MasterCard ad campaign, and a Fourth District Congressional candidate makes fun of herself in a series of humorous radio ads. In the latest in our series of Ad Watches, Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports...
August 23, 2000 - Opponents are to condemn the proposal. Minnesota Public Radio's Amy Radil reports.
August 23, 2000 - With less than three weeks left until the September primary, D-F-L Senate candidate Rebecca Yanisch is out with a new television ad. She joins DFL'ers Mike Ciresi and Mark Dayton, whose campaigns have gobbled up huge chunks of television airtime over the past few weeks. In the latest in our series of Ad Watches, Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports...
August 24, 2000 - Republican U.S. Senator Rod Grams at the MPR booth at the State Fair answers listener questions about politics and the election this year.
August 24, 2000 - Joining us now is Professor Steven Schier, chair of the Political Science Department at Carleton College.
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August 24, 2000 - A state study shows that half of Minnesota's low-income children in medical assistance programs aren't recieving primary or preventative care from their H-M-O's. Federal law requires certain developmental checkups for the kids, too, yet only 6-percent of the children and teens in these publicly funded programs are recieving such treatment. Mary Kennedy is assistant commissioner with the Department of Human Services. She says the children enrolled in these programs tend to be the ones who need preventative care most:
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August 25, 2000 - ** Note host outcue ** D-F-L Senate candidate Mark Dayton has developed a solid lead over his primary opponents, according to a statewide poll for Minnesota Public Radio, the St. Paul Pioneer Press and KARE TV. Dayton continues to have the highest name recognition of the D-F-L candidates, and is as well known as Republican Senator Rod Grams. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports...
August 25, 2000 - It used to be that schools only had to concern themselves with the three "R's." But academics have made way for a list of new 'subjects;' and avoiding school violence is now a standard instruction area. In northwest Minnesota a coalition of educators, law enforcement, and health and human service providers have come together to ensure their schools are safe and students healthy. Mainstreet Radio's Bob Reha reports that the coalition believes there are indications that preventive action is needed.