July 10, 2001 - All Things Considered’s Lorna Benson interviews Kit Borgman, communications director for the Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development, about trade with Canada. Borgman says Minnesota exports a variety of products to our northern neighbor.
July 10, 2001 - MPR's Stephanie Hemphill presents a profile of Sam Solon, state senator from Duluth. He has represented the Duluth area in the state Legislature for 30 years, and has been successful in bringing state resources to his district for a variety of economic development projects. He now faces a personal fight…battling cancer.
July 10, 2001 - Ron Bosrock, founder and executive director of the Global Institute at St. John's University in Collegeville, comments on Governor Ventura's fourth international trade mission since taking office.
July 11, 2001 - Saint Paul Republcian activists have thrown their support to city council member Jerry Blakey in the race to succeed outgoing mayor Norm Coleman. The party endorsed Blakey at a meeting last night but Coleman, Saint Paul's leading Republcan, did not attend and has not said if he will support Blakey. Minnesota Public Radio's William Wilcoxen reports.
July 12, 2001 - Governor Jesse Ventura's trade trip to Canada is in full swing. Yesterday, the governor met with business leaders in Toronto, and was a guest speaker at the COMDEX Canada technology convention. Later today, he'll be the keynote speaker at the Toronto Board of Trade, where he'll talk about his role in promoting Minnesota business and tourism. Jennifer Wells, a reporter and a business columnist for the Toronto Star newspaper, provides commentary.
July 18, 2001 - According to a newspaper report, the Minnesota Attorney General's office is calling on Allina Health System to split into two companies. The Star Tribune reports that in a confidential report to Allina's board of directors, the Attorney General called on the state's largest non-profit health care organization to separate the one million members in its HMO from its 19 hospitals and health clinics. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports...
July 20, 2001 - We expect to hear from Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch a bit later in the half hour. We asked two local Health Care experts to speculate on what split of Allina will mean for the roughly one million Medica members in Minnesota. Dave Durenberger is Senior Health Policy Fellow at the University of St Thomas. He says hes disappointed by the news:
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July 20, 2001 - We reached Attorney General Mike Hatch a few minutes ago, and he says he doesn't really have a reaction, but he says his investigation is ongoing. outcue '... get into."