April 2, 2001 - That was N-P-R's Steve Inskip on Capitol Hill. We asked two of Minnesota's represenatives to react to the Senate's Campaign Finance reform Bill and speculate about its future in the House. Third district Republican Jim Ramstad says he's pleased with the bill... especially the provision that bans so-called soft money:
April 2, 2001 - That's MPR's Capitol Bureua Chief, Laura McCallum. A look ahead after the frantic rush to finish committee actions before the end of the quarter.
April 2, 2001 - Paul Wellstone is voting for the campaign finance bill because it will get rid of the soft money. The main problem is that it takes the cap off of the hard money budget.
April 3, 2001 - *The results of the 2000 census would appear to be good news for *Minnesota's* Native American *population* . Census figures show the Native American *population in the state grew by about 31-thousand people since 1990, Ranking the state 13th nationally . 1.1. percent of Minnesota's population claims some Native American heritage. While the increase in population is seen as encouraging by some tribal officials, others are questioning *the* figures . Mainstreet Radio's Bob Reha reports.....
April 3, 2001 - Americans think that child pornography is the biggest problem on the internet. Child pornographers are coming out of the dark corners of the world and they are congregating on the internet.
April 3, 2001 - Liquor Industry lobbyists made threats toward politicians. The lobbyists are focused on the bill to sell wine in grocery stores.
April 3, 2001 - 15-6 vote passed the Carry and Conceal bill in the House. There are some additional requirements attached to the bill.
April 3, 2001 - Private providers of family planning services today (TUESDAY) said they could lose signficant funding if legislation approved by a key House committee becomes law. Last week, the Health and Human Services committee voted to shift state family planning grants from non-profit groups to cities and counties. Opponents say the move is a veiled attack on groups that provide abortions. But supporters say the switch simply gives taxpayers oversight into how the money is used. Minnesota Public Radio's Michael Khoo reports. {NARRATION: The state health department estimates private family planning groups currently receive roughly 3 million dollars a year in state grants. But amendments tacked onto the omnibus health care financing bill would strip those funds from private non-profits and pass them to local governments to provide the same services. Ray Martin is the director of Healthy Start, an adolescent health care organization which receives a yearly 100-thousand dollar grant. He says continuing the funding for non-profit providers will pay off in the long run.
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April 3, 2001 - In the first half of the 20th century, the union movement in Minneapolis grew with the city. Minneapolis was the flour milling capitol of the country, and OTHER industries that supported flour milling, like banking and machine tools were growing as well. Unions were trying organize the workers, but were opposed by a coalition of employers that came to be known as the Citizens Alliance. The story of how these employers blunted the union movement in Minneapolis is the subject of a new book titled "A Union Against Unions." Author William Millikan says at the turn of the century, employers in Minneapolis didn't really have to worry about unions. But in 1902, the Teamsters went on strike, and employers had to change.