September 2, 1998 - Better schools and lower taxes are the top two concerns for Minnesota voters. In a new poll conducted by MPR, the Pioneer Press and KARE-11, 25 percent of respondents say Education will be the single most important issue on their minds when they decide how to vote in the governor's race. An almost equal number said Taxes will be the deciding issue. Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste reports:
September 2, 1998 - On the 5th day of the pilots strike today, Northwest Airlines laid off half its workforce. The company furloughed Mechanics, customer service employees, ground workers and flight attendants. David Cave is a 3rd year flight attendant with Northwest and a volunteer for the teamsters union. He says he fully supports the pilots' strike despite the financial hardship: David Cave is a flight attendant with Northwest Airlines and a contract action team coordinator for the Teamsters Local 2000, the flight attendants union in the Twin Cities.
September 2, 1998 - Nearly 28 thosuand Northwest Airlines employees have been sent home indefinitely as the pilots strike heads toward its sixth day. Northwest announced the layoffs today and says more workers could be furloughed if a settlement is not reached soon. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik reports... | D-CART ITEM: 0408 | TIME: 4:11s | OUTCUE: soc
September 2, 1998 - Saint Paul For Tuesday ATC---Play DCart ELX98 Minnesota Public Radio's Campaign 98. From now to the primary next month, we're presenting in-depth interviews with candidates on the issues. This week, we're focusing on the crime policies of the gubernatorial candidates. In THIS segment, Minnesota Public Radio's Karen Louise Boothe reports on the views and policy proposals of DFL candidate Mark Dayton: You can hear more of MPR's Campaign 98 tomorrow morning during Morning Edition. MPR's Amy Radil will profile DFL senator, and gubernatorial candidate Doug Johnson crime fighting proposals. In
September 2, 1998 - Minnesota Public Radio's "Campaign 98." From now to the primary in September, we're presenting in-depth interviews with candidates on the issues. This week we're focusing on CRIME. In this segment, Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste talks with DFLer and former state senator TED MONDALE: BACK ANNOUNCE: You can hear the next segment of our Campaign 98 focus on the issues this afternoon on All Things Considered, when Karen Louise Boothe talks with Mark Dayton about crime prevention. To Ted Mondale, the upsurge in violent crim
September 2, 1998 - (For Wed. M.E.) As Most Minnesota school districts return to classes today an entirely new system for teaching and learning goes into effect. New state graduation standards stressing learning-by-doing are now in place. This year's 9th graders will be the first students to earn their diplomas under the high standards, known as "The Profile of Learning." Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports... The Minnesota Board of Education gave final approval last spring to the key piece of its statewide graduation rules. The Profile of Learning goes beyond the basic-skills graduation requirements in reading and math and pushes students to higher academic achievement in ten broad learning areas.
September 3, 1998 - An MPR Special presenting interviews with all seven major party gubernatorial candidates on crime and recent crime reports, followed by listener reaction to the candidates. Program begins with brief reports on the various candidates.
September 3, 1998 - Chris Farrell, MPR senior business and economics editor, presents MPR special report, "Make Change, Not Money: The Power of the Non-Profit Economy."
September 3, 1998 - MPR’s Bob Kelleher reports on the short and long term affects of a warming Lake Superior. While swimmers enjoy a comfortable swim in the usually frigid waters of Lake Superior, the conditions might help predict some troubling consequences should the region warm several degrees over the next decades.
September 3, 1998 - MPR’s Lynette Lyman profiles Cambodian poet U Sam Oeur. Lyman also reports on a perfomance of his work in the Twin Cities.