June 24, 1993 - U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone comments on his potential vote choice on bill addressing federal budget. While he supports the tax piece, Wellstone shares his concern over what it does to Medicare.
June 25, 1993 - Lynne Cheney, fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, speaking to the Minnesota Association of Scholars. Cheney’s speech was titled, "Telling the Truth About the Politicized University." Address was on the topic of political correctness and free speech on college campuses. Lynne Cheney authored an NEH report on the same subject. Lynne Cheney was the former Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
June 25, 1993 - MPR’s Perry Finelli interviews Ann DeGroot, local LGBT acitivist, about Gay Pride Festival, appointment of a U.S. AIDS czar, gays in the military, and the term ‘family.’
June 25, 1993 - MPR’s Kate Smith reports on Hmong farming in Minnesota, where a more traditional approach returns to a land where modern agriculture now dominates.
June 25, 1993 - Voices from the Heartland segment presents author Judith Hougen reading her poem "Coming of Age."
June 25, 1993 - U.S. Congressman Martin Sabo comments on House Budget Committee efforts and possible result of completing a joint budget bill in D.C. legislation.
June 26, 1993 - MPR’s Chris Roberts profiles Chong Koua Yang, owner of Hmong Auto Services in St. Paul. Yang provides an option to those in Hmong community where language is still an obstacle in daily American life.
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July 2, 1993 - Chuck Ruhr, owner of a Minneapolis ad agency, reflects on the Aug. 13, 1973 Time magazine promoting the state. The issue included a cover shot ("The good life in Minnesota") and six-page spread to Minnesota ("A state that works").
July 2, 1993 - Actor Nat Fuller reads the poem "Season at the Shore" by Phyllis McGinley. For sand enthusiasts.