April 21, 1998 - A Mainstreet Radio special broadcast from Mille Lacs Indian Museum, highlighting Indian treaty rights and Native American sovereignty. Rachel Reabe interviews Henry Buffalo, a Minneapolis attorney, sovereignty expert, and member Red Cliff Band of Ojibwe; Chief Tribal Judge Mary Jo Brooks Hunter, of Ho chunk Tribe; and Jim Genia, solicitor general for the Mille Lacs band of Ojibwe. Discussion topic is tribal sovereignty and how the rules are different on the reservation.
April 21, 1998 - Off the field, forces who are trying to keep the Twins from moving to another state won a victory after Ramsey County District Judge Margaret Marrinan ruled that Minnesota Attorney General Skip Humphrey can proceed with his investigation of Major League Baseball.
April 21, 1998 - Mainstreet Radio's Dan Gunderson reports that while farmers across the region are getting their machinery lined up for an early start on spring planting, in northwestern Minnesota and eastern North Dakota, hundreds of farmers are lining equipment up to be sold at auction. Some are angry…but many are relieved.
April 22, 1998 - On this Midday program in observance of Earth Day, guest Peder Larson, commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, discusses environmental issues. Topics include agricultural feed lots and Koch refinery case. Larson also answers listener questions.
April 22, 1998 - Mannie Jackson, the owner of the Harlem Globetrotters addresses the Minnesota Meeting. Jackson’s speech was titled "What Sports Should Be." Speech is followed by a question and answer period. Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
April 22, 1998 - Northwest Airlines says its taking measures to counter what it describes as an effort on the part of a small number of its employees to slow down the airline in protest of stalled contract negotiations. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik reports...
April 22, 1998 - State Senator Doug Johnson announced today he is running for Governor. Johnson is an Iron Range democrat, and the only announced DFL candidate from outside the metro area. Johnson's opposition to legalized abortion and his positions on wilderness issues make him a unique democratic candidate. Minnesota Public Radio's Bob Kelleher reports from Duluth... As chairman of the Senate Tax Committee, Doug Johnson is one of the more influential members of the Legislature. Johnson has served the Minnesota legislature for 28-years; in the Senate since 1977. He also chairs the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board which doles out millions of dollars from a tax on taconite for jobs and projects in Northeastern Minnesota. He's a life-long Iron Ranger, living most of his life in the small Town of Cook.
April 22, 1998 - Formerly-secret tobacco company documents that have started trickling out in Minnesota's trial are now flooding onto the internet. A congressional committee today posted nearly 39-thousand internal documents on its web site, two weeks after tobacco companies were forced to turn them over to attorneys for the state and Blue Cross Blue Shield. It's a move that has upset both the judge, and attorneys for the state in the Minnesota trial. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports... Tobacco companies went all the way to the U-S Supreme Court to keep the documents secret, claiming attorney-client privilege, and are still seeking a protective order from the judge in Minnesota's tobacco tria
April 22, 1998 - Gustavus Adolphus students are adjusting to trailer-classrooms and Saturday classes. This is their first week back on campus, after what turned into a three week spring break, thanks to the tornadoes that struck their campus while they were gone. Karen Delgehausen, is a Gustavus Senior who spent her spring break touring with the college orchestra. Her off-campus house was so badly damaged it's already been torn down. But despite it all, she says it's good to be back.
April 23, 1998 - Minnesota 5th District Congressman Martin Sabo talks about a new report on the wage gap called "Executive Excess" and discusses his Income Equity Act proposal. Sabo also answers listener questions.