September 18, 2000 - The three candidates for US Senate square off today in a Minnesota Chamber of Commerce Debate. Business organizations say on issues important to them Rod Grams stands out the best choice. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik reports...
September 18, 2000 - US Senate candidates Rod Grams, Mark Dayton and James Gibson discussed health care, taxes and Social Security at the first post-primary debate today (MONDAY). Grams and Dayton were at odds on nearly every issue. Gibson - the Independence Party candidate - often found himself agreeing with Grams, although the two differed over tax relief. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports...
September 18, 2000 - Community activists and legislators at the state capitol today (Monday) registered their outrage at the inadequacy of spending on treatment programs for adolescents addicted to drugs and alcohol. They blamed state and federal governments ... as well as health insurance providers ... for what they call the immoral neglect of youth in need of treatment. The hearing was part of a nation-wide campaign focused on substance-abuse services for teens. Minnesota Public Radio's Lynette Nyman reports.
September 22, 2000 - The Ventura administration is considering whether to join five other states in extending benefits to the domestic partners of state employees. Ventura recently directed his commissioner of employee relations to study the cost and feasibility of domestic partner benefits, which could include health care and other insurance. The proposal will have to go before the legislature, where it could face significant opposition. Anne DeGroot is the director of outfront Minnesota, an advocacy group for gays and lesbians. She's happy to see the state taking this step:
September 25, 2000 - Tom Neuville, Republican State Senator; and Ann DeGroot, director of Out Front Minnesota discuss Governor Ventura's decision to look into providing benefits to the partners of gay and lesbian state employees.
September 25, 2000 - The Centers for Disease Control, the World Health Organization and epidemiologists throughout the world are calling for more prudent use of antibiotics. Ever since doctors started using penicillin to kill bacterial infections in the 1940's, researchers have worried some bacteria would become resistant to antibiotics. Their fears are now coming true as scientists discover antibiotic resistant germs They say so-called "superbugs" will leave doctors defenseless against some illnesses. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck has the first of three reports...
September 27, 2000 - State Senator Linda Runbeck of Vadnais Heights is hoping to become the first Republican in more than half a century to represent Minnesota's Fourth Congressional District. Runbeck hopes her conservative message will appeal to the increasingly suburban Fourth District, which includes St. Paul and surrounding suburbs. She's counting on a competitive three-way race to improve her chances. In the first of our series of Fourth District candidate profiles, Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports...
September 28, 2000 - The odor of a Saint Paul brewery is becoming too much to handle. Mayor Norm Coleman discusses his plans to get rid of the odor.
September 28, 2000 - The Boy Scouts recieved bad news from 2 places today: Medtronic decided to exclude the group from its United Way donation this year and the United Way of Duluth voted to pull its funding of the Voyaguers Area Council of the Scouts. This is the first United Way in Minnesota to decide against funding the group because of the recent Supreme Court ruling that the Boy Scouts can exclude homosexuals. Roger Engle is the Volunteer President of the Voyaguers Area Boy Scout Council He says he was dissapointed when he heard the decision:
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