November 12, 2002 - Vice President Dick Cheney swore-in Minnesota interim Senator Dean Barkley this afternoon on the floor of the Senate. Barkley's first Senate floor speech eulogized the man whose term he was appointed to fill - Senator Paul Wellstone. The senator died in a plane crash late last month. Republicans and Democrats spent much of the remainder of the day remembering Wellstone. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik is in Washington this week and joins me now. Mark, what did Barkley have to say about Wellstone? To lead to cut, Mark will say : ...said Wellstone carried on Minnesota's tradition of populist politicians:
November 14, 2002 - Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle was among those remembering Paul Wellstone, his wife and his daughter at a memorial service held at a Washington DC synagoguee last night.
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November 19, 2002 - INTRO-- The next governor of Minnesota is hard at work these days preparing for his time in office. Tim Pawlenty named his first commissioner last week, appointing Dan McElroy to the post of Finance Commissioner. Pawlenty is making the transition to the governor's seat on a shoe-string budget, after the Legislature last session stripped funding for transition. The state has since come up with ten thousand dollars for him to use. Gov.-elect Tim Pawlenty joins us now.
November 20, 2002 - Minnesota interim Senator Dean Barkley says he accomplished all he wanted to during his short time in Congress. Barkley won funding for a 10-million dollar community center expansion that will serve as a living memorial to the late Senator Paul Wellstone. He also negotiated for the state to receive a continuation of its welfare waiver, and helped pass the Homeland Security Bill. The Senate will officially adjourn on Friday, but the work of the 107th Congress is complete. Political analyst Steven Smith says he thinks overall Barkley's done a pretty good job. Steven Smith is director of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government and Public Policy at Washington University in St. Louis.
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November 27, 2002 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak about Tyesha Edwards shooting. Two men, ages 21 and 23, are in custody in connection with the shooting.
November 27, 2002 - A special re-broadcast of a "Voices of Minnesota" interview with the late James Griffin, the first African American to become deputy police chief in St. Paul, and to hold various leadership positions in the St. Paul Police Department. Griffin died on Saturday. We'll also explore charitable giving during the Thanksgiving holiday, and the lastest happenings at the Union Gospel Mission in St. Paul.