March 21, 2003 - A Minneapolis psychologist is warning that media coverage of war can have a profound effect on children. David Walsh is president and founder of the National Institute on Media and the Family. He says that during times of crisis parents should keep close watch on their children's emotions.
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March 31, 2003 - Nearly 200 teenagers gathered outside the annual Target Market conference in Arden Hills yesterday. The teens wore duct tape over their mouths to signify they would not be silenced in efforts to save the anti-tobacco smoking group. The Governor has been clear that he intends to use the three anti-tobacco endowments to help bridge the state's more than four-(b)illion dollar deficit. While the legislature must still approve the plan, using money from the state's tobacco settlement is likely to pass if other states' actions are indicators. While the Governor says there will still be money appropriated for helping those addicted quit smoking and preventing others from starting, there's one group that'll disappear: Target Market, a program for teenagers. Minnesota Public Radio's Elizabeth Stawicki reports:
April 1, 2003 - The Minnesota House has passed a bill (MONDAY) that would require abortion providers to give women seeking an abortion 24 hours before the procedure is done. Supporters say the measure will ensure that women have all of the available information before they have an abortion. Opponents say the bill is filled with bad information and is an attempt to restrict the procedure in the state. The 24 hour waiting period bill was one many Minnsota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports...
April 1, 2003 - Governor Pawlenty travels to Rochester today to discuss biotechnology with officials from the Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota. Mayo and the U want to combine efforts in biotech research. The alliance would be the first of its kind between the state's two leading medical research institutions. The meeting comes the same day as legislators introduce bills to create a biotechnology park. But as Minnesota Public Radio's Rob Schmitz reports, the state has a long way to go to catch up to other states in developing a biotech sector.
April 1, 2003 - All Things Considered’s Lorna Benson talks with Nora Tallus, one of six women's college hockey players from the University of Minnesota-Duluth who returned from China and find themselves quarantined in case they contracted Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome, aka SARS. The players were in Beijing to compete in the women's world championships, but the event was canceled over fears of spreading the disease.
April 4, 2003 - The Senate Health and Human Services Policy Committee approved a bill today (Fri) that would dramatically change how the state provides health coverage to lower income Minnesotans. On a 4 to 2 vote, the committee approved a portion of the Senate Health and Human Service budget proposal that would reduce services available rather than limit eligibility for state coverage. DFL Senator Linda Berglin says she's modeling her bill after a program in Oregon. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports...
April 9, 2003 - MPR’s Dan Olson reports from the Mondale Lecture Series. A panel of Democrats, led by former Vice-President Walter Mondale, remember the so-called, "fabulous 89th", the Congressional session where many of this country's most familiar social programs became law.
April 15, 2003 -
April 15, 2003 -