December 20, 1976 - Senator Gary Hart of Colorado; J. Kevin Murphy, president of KMA Industries; Howard Rowan, economic editor of the Washington Post; and Robert D. Lilley, retired president of AT&T, discuss government regulation of business at First National Forum on Business, Government and the Public Interest.
December 21, 1976 - James C. Miller, president's council on wage and price stability; Michael K. Evans, president of Chase Econometric Association; and David Pittle, vice chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, discuss government regulation of business at First National Forum on Business, Government and the Public Interest. This is the second program of a three-part series reporting on the First National Forum on Business. Government and the Public Interest.
December 22, 1976 - Harry Holiday, president of Armco Steel Corp; Senator Edmund Muskie; Joseph A. Califano, Jr., former Johnson aide; Walter Heller, University of Minnesota Economics; and Cornell Maier, president of Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp, discuss government regulation of business at First National Forum on Business, Government and the Public Interest.
December 28, 1976 - Excerpts from a hearing on welfare reform, held by U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-Minn. The hearing features testimony from welfare recipients and from several Minnesota community officials.
January 8, 1977 - In 1967 the legislature created the Metropolitan Council to address problems like waste disposal, transit, and urban sprawl. In this annual meeting of the Citizens League, members discuss the origins of the Metropolitan Council, where it is going, and the implications in other areas for this type of approach to regional government.
January 25, 1977 - Governor Rudy Perpich's budget speech to the legislature. Included is analysis by MPR's legislative experts Debbie Gage and Bob Potter.
January 29, 1977 - On this regional public affairs program, Joe Graba, Deputy Commissioner of Education for the State of Minnesota, talks to MPR’s Dan Olson about school budget. Topics include declining enrollments, local taxes, and cut backs.
February 3, 1977 - Highlight speeches from second Minnesota Horizons conference, a seminar for state legislators, sponsored by the State Planning Agency and the Commission on Minnesota's Future, designed to show lawmakers and citizens some of the long-range problems the state faces. This part of conference focuses on population changes, and the effects it has on state. Speakers include: State demographer Hazel Reinhardt, on the nature of population change Ed Hunter, Deputy Director of the State Planning Agency, on the changing state labor force Jim Solum, Director of the Local and Urban Affairs Office of the Planning Agency, on housing needs in the next 10-15 years
February 4, 1977 - Conclusion of the second Minnesota Horizons conference, a seminar for state legislators, sponsored by the State Planning Agency and the Commission on Minnesota's Future, designed to show lawmakers and citizens some of the long-range problems the state faces. Twelve major areas were studied: Settlement, Population, Economy, Values, Energy, Transportation, Land use, Agriculture, Housing, Health, Education and Environment. Highlights from the final report is presented.
February 12, 1977 - This regional public affairs program is a discussion on current system of police chief appointment in Minneapolis, where the chief is chosen by the mayor. MPR’s Neal St. Anthony met with numerous people concerned with the situation and prepared this report.