July 21, 2000 - MPR’s Perry Finelli interviews Mark Ritchie, president of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, about concerns in the rapid advancements in biotechnology. Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, a nonprofit organization based in Minneapolis.
July 24, 2000 - The rising cost of prescription drugs has become a prominent issue this election year, pushed by growing ranks of seniors whose prescriptions aren't covered by Medicare. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck looks at the problem in the first of part of our series Prescription for Change.
July 25, 2000 - The high cost of prescription drugs has become one of the top political issues this year - candidate after candidate has expressed outrage over senior citizens forced to choose between buying food and buying medicine. It's a key issue In Minnesota's U-S Senate race, with all of the major D-F-L candidates and Republican Senator Rod Grams calling for changes to make prescription drugs more affordable for seniors. In part two of our series Prescription for Change, Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum looks at the Senate candidates' proposals, and whether they're more than just election year rhetoric...
July 26, 2000 - The third annual rural summit wrapped up this afternoon in Rochester with speeches from members of the Ventura administration. For two days a statewide mix of government officials, tribal groups, business leaders and community organizations, focused on techniques for recharging rural economies. Minnesota Public Radio's Erin Galbally reports there's a lot of work ahead. {More than 600 people gathered for this year's rural summit, filling up the main floor of the Mayo Civic center and rotating in and out of tiny meeting rooms for sessions on tourism, technology, business development and agriculture. Duluth resident Carol Willoughby participated in panel called Energizing Entrepreneurs.
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July 27, 2000 - MPR’s Tom Scheck reports on Minnesotans with disabilities are marking the 10th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. In South Minneapolis, nearly a thousand people visited the Anne Sullivan School to take part in a day long celebration of the signing of the legislation. Disability rights activists say the ADA literally opened doors and businesses to millions of Americans, but they say more needs to be done.
July 31, 2000 - Recent polls have found more people recognize former State Auditor Mark Dayton than any of the other DFL U.S.Senate candidates. Dayton is a politician who's run in 5 statewide elections, but perhaps more importantly, his name calls to mind the department store his family founded. He came in fourth in the DFL gubernatorial primary two years ago, but this time, many observers think he's got a good shot at winning the Senate primary. In the first of our series of candidate profiles, Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum looks at Mark Dayton's career and campaign...
August 1, 2000 - The DFL's endorsed US Senate candidate - Jerry Janezich - has finally joined his major primary opponents in running ads. Janezich is starting with radio ads, weeks after three of his opponents began television advertising. One of them - Michael Ciresi - first started running T-V ads in February, and began another big television ad buy this week. In the latest in our series of Ad Watches, Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum asks analyst Dean Alger to review the Janezich and Ciresi ads....
August 2, 2000 - Local officials from northeastern Minnesota sat down with Governor Ventura's staff today and shared ideas about how to grow the region's economy. It was the first time the Governor's cabinet has met outside St. Paul, and state officials say this trip was so successful, similar meetings around the state could become a regular feature of the Ventura Administration. Minnesota Public Radio's Stephanie Hemphill reports. { During the election campaign Jesse Ventura didn't know what I-triple R B stood for, and he stumbled on the Tonight show with Jay Leno when asked to describe taconite. But no more. Ventura and the heads of twenty-four state agencies learned about mining and a lot more on a two-day tour of the Iron Range. Yesterday they toured Minntac, the state's largest iron ore mine and taconite plant. Today they heard from local officials about efforts to diversity the Range economy.
August 2, 2000 - People are becoming increasingly addicted to the internet. They need to constantly check their email and need to be up-to-date on everything possible.