August 30, 1977 - An examination of how the state of Minnesota might combine individual welfare program into a consolidated cash assistance plan which will include benefits for the working poor and work incentives to replace the present work requirement stipulation. State Senator John Milton of the Health, Welfare and Corrections Committee; Pearl Mitchell, Director of Voluntary Services for the Ramsey County Welfare Department; and Robert Wallace, author of a recent Citizens League Report on welfare reform, discuss recommendations from study.
September 3, 1977 - This regional public affairs program features taped speech of St. Paul Mayor George Latimer's State of the City address, titled “An Agenda for the Future of St. Paul”, followed by a live broadcast with the mayor answering listener questions.
September 6, 1977 - Highlights from a National Convention of the VFW in Minneapolis. Includes speeches from Max Cleland, Director of the Veterans Administration, National Security Chief Phelps Jones, and Army Chief of Staff Bernard Rogers. The Panama Canal issue was prominent at convention. The veterans group drafted a resolution urging Congress not to ratify any renegotiation of the 1903 Panama Canal Treaty.
September 10, 1977 - On this regional public affairs program, a look at the impact of declining enrollment in the new school year. Dr. Raymond Arveson, Minneapolis School superintendent; and Dr. George Young, St. Paul School superintendent, discuss the matter.
September 13, 1977 - Senator Frank Knoll, of Minneapolis, and Dr. Charles Fairhurst, Chairman of the University of Minnesota Civil & Mineral Engineering Department, discuss earth sheltered housing in Minnesota. Both had spoken at an energy conference at Carlton College.
September 24, 1977 - On this regional public affairs program, a report on resource redemption and recycling as an economic viability. Neal St. Anthony interviews individuals at Metro Recycling Center and various government officials, who discuss the current issues and challenges of recycling.
September 24, 1977 - MPR’s Dan Olson presents “The Role Of the Courts In A Changing Society: Cedar-Riverside high-rise development suit,” a documentary that xamines lawsuit challenging the Cedar-Riverside high-rise development in Minneapolis. The court's decision provides insight into how a single suit can change the profile of a large urban area, into the National Environmental Policy Act, and into how tax laws and government funds are used to provide inner-city housing.
October 8, 1977 - On this regional public affairs program, a presentation of speech to Citizens League by Tom Berg, state representative of Minneapolis and chairman of the House Local and Urban Affairs Committee, about the ongoing studies on the financial health of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
October 8, 1977 - On this regional public affairs program, John Boland, chairman of the Metropolitan Council, addresses the Citizens League on the priorities of the council for 1978. Priorities include appointments, frameworks, and controlling operating budget.
October 13, 1977 - Eugene McCarthy discusses political personalities and issues before a campus audience at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.