September 16, 1998 - [Saint Paul FOR WEDNESDAY M.E.] Yesterday's election results have cast further doubt on the value of the DFL party endorsement process. Even with the support the endorsement brings, Mike Freeman couldn't beat Skip Humphrey. But he wasn't the only party endorsee to lose yesterday. Attorney General candidate Ember Reichgott Junge also finished a distant third in her race. In fact, only 2 of 6 endorsed candidates for statewide office prevailed yesterday. Minnesota Public Radio's Karen Louise Boothe reports; Mike Freeman emerged early on as the only gubernatorial candidate who promosed to abide by the party's endorsement process last June by not
September 16, 1998 - Most of the media attention given the new millenium has been focused on the year 2000 computer problems. But the time-post has a different significance to filmmakers: It's a benchmark of human society, and offers a chance to peer into the future. French television has commissioned 10 international filmmakers to offer their interpretations of the new milennium. The films will be shown in Europe next year. But American audiences can get a sneak preview of all ten this month at The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Pierre Chevalier who produced the series for French television says he gave the filmmakers just one rule:
September 16, 1998 - Northwest Airlines is back in the air today, 19 days after the airlines' more than six thousand pilots shut it down. Although the strike is over, it will be days before Northwest is flying a normal schedule. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik reports...
September 16, 1998 - It's been only 24 hours since the primary election campaign ended, and already the general election campaign is shaping up as an old fashioned battle between business and labor. Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste reports: Norm Coleman wasted little time taking his campaign straight to his core constituency -- business people -- and bringing along the best salesman to make the pitch: Governor Carlson: ((Carlson: My exp in politics has been this -- it's kind of like a first date -- the two parties sorta keep their distance and jockey around for awhile... and by the end of the date it's a wrestling match. I'd rather start the wrestling match right off the bat!)) The Governor addressed a friendly crowd of busin
September 16, 1998 - The North Dakota's Highway Patrol today started checking Canadian trucks as they entered the state -- and warning them they might be turned back if they try to enter South Dakota. The governors of North and South Dakota are upset over what they say are unfair trade practices under NAFTA and GATT that hurt American farmers. Mainstreet Radios Dan Gunderson reports. On a typical day about 600 Canadian trucks roll through the
September 16, 1998 - The state patrol arrested two activists this morning in the protest against the rerouting of Highway 55 in Minneapolis. Members of Earth First! and other groups have been camped (out) in the path of the proposed highway expansion for more than a month, but today marked the first arrests. Minnesota Public Radio's Mary Losure reports. Officers arrested two men who had chained themselves to heavy equipment. The bulldozers were sent there to remove water and gas connections to houses condemned to make way for the highway. Earth First! and other groups including the American Indian Movement, the Indiginous Environmental Network, and the Mendota Dakota have
September 17, 1998 - Joan Growe, outgoing Minnesota Secretary of State, talks about her proposals for election reform, and analyzes the low turnout of 20% in Tuesday's primary election. Growe also answered listener questions.
September 17, 1998 - Two competing portrayals of Norwest Corporation and Wells Fargo emerged in a federal researve board hearing on their proposed merger today in Minneapolis. Supporters praised the banks commitment to poor and minority communities, while critics blasted their lending and consumer banking practices. But as Minnesota PUblic Radio's Bill Catlin reports, the hearing is not expected to have much impact on whether the merger proceeds. SFX The day began with about 3 dozen protesaters from community a
September 17, 1998 - Norm Coleman says HE's the only candidate for Governor who knows how to lower taxes -- and keep them low. He's been campaigning on that theme for months, but today (THURS) he got specific for the first time about which taxes he plans to cut -- and by how much. Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste reports: In the three months since the Republicans endorsed him for Governor, Norm Coleman has hinted he'd emphasize cuts in INCOME taxes over other kinds of tax relief. Now he's put hard numbers to his tax-cut promises, and it appears income tax cuts do indeed take the lion's share: Of the $1.08 Billion dollars in permanent tax relief, 1 Billion is income tax cuts and credits. ((COLEMAN: What we're looking for is something that is clear and is simple, soemthing that cuts across the board for all taxpayers. So we're giving the m9oney back the way it came in, and the simplest way, the most equitable way, so I can tell every Minnesota who's listenin
September 17, 1998 - The small family farm is a dying breed, even in Minnesota. But it remains important in our consciousness as a haven from the ills of society and a refuge to raise strong, wonderful children. In a way, there's some truth in that ... at least for author Kent Meyers.