October 4, 2001 -
October 4, 2001 - The city of Minneapolis has released piles of documents subpoened by the U-S Attorney's office relating to the bribery and extortion scandal of former city councilmember Brian Herron. This first round of documents details the city's dealings with three Minneapolis businessmen involved in the scandal. Minnesota Public Radio's Art Hughes reports.
October 4, 2001 - State officials say Minnesota is prepared for the threat of terrorism, despite having as many as half of its workers on strike. They say the state has been preparing for the possibility of a terrorist attack for years, and those plans aren't compromised by Minnesota's largest state employee strike. Members of AFSCME and MAPE were originally set to strike the week after the September 11 attacks, but delayed the strike for two weeks. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports...
October 4, 2001 - Senator talks about those who are unemployed are afraid of the unknown and how his economic stimulus plan will help comfort them.
October 5, 2001 - Harry Hull, Minnesota's state epidemiologist, on if Minnesota's public health system prepared for a biological or chemical attack.
October 5, 2001 - The National Guard had to step in and run airport security because of the state workers strike.
October 5, 2001 - At the end of the first week of Minnesota's largest state employee strike, no new talks are scheduled and neither side shows any sign of movement. State officials say state government is weathering the loss of about 23,000 workers, and Governor Ventura says the striking workers should accept the state's offer and come back to work. Ventura says will talk to the strikers, but he will not do it when the media is around.
October 8, 2001 - The September 11th attacks mobilized aspects of the tech industry.
October 8, 2001 - Attorney General John Ashcroft warned U.S. law enforcement authorities and Americans today to be on heightened vigilance for terrorism and to report anything suspicious. Local police, banks, oil and gas firms, shipping companies and nuclear facilities have all been put on the highest state of alert. Minnesota Congressman Jim Oberstar is the ranking Democrat on the Transportation Committee in the House. He says it will be challenging to monitor all of the nation's waterways, roads, bridges and rails.
October 8, 2001 - Central Minnesota supporters of the proposed Northstar Commuter rail line fear funding changes will radically curtail the project. Officials with MnDOT say they are approaching the federal government differently for money to pay for the project, but their plan is still to provide commuter rail service from downtown Minneapolis to the St. Cloud area. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Post has this report.