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.
September 18, 1998 - Arne Carlson, outgoing Governor of Minnesota, and William Freund, New York Stock Exchange Chief Economist Emeritus, speaking at 3rd annual Governor's Economic Summit held in St. Paul.
September 18, 1998 - Norm Coleman, St. Paul Mayor and Republican Gubernatorial nominee, talks with MPR’s Gary Eichten about the issues in the campaign for governor. Topics include political ads, opponents in race, tax cuts, education, affordable housing, and abortion. Coleman also answers listener questions.
September 18, 1998 - Ten years ago Phillips residents defeated a plan to build a garbage plant in the Minneapolis neighborhood. This (Friday) afternoon, a group breaks ground for a new office building on the site where the garbage facility was to be built. Organizers say the fight ten years ago plant gave residents the skills to begin the rehabilitation of Phillips, one of Minneapolis' poorest neighborhoods. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson reports. The Phillips garbage transfer station was part of the plan for a huge downtown Minneapolis garbage burning plant. Neighborhood resident Jennifer Naglack remembers the scope of the plan got peoples' attention when the bullzdozers showed up. The city had bought homes and businesses in an area of Phillips called Hungry Hollow, next to highway 55 or Hiawatha avenue and 28th street.
September 18, 1998 - [Note host outcue] In a new poll sponsored by Minnesota Public Radio, the Pioneer Press and KARE 11, most Minnesotans polled do NOT think President Clinton should resign over the Monica Lewinsky scandal. But there's a gender gap on some issues - women tend to be more supportive of Clinton's performance as President, and more willing to forgive him for his affair with Lewinsky. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports... Host outcue: You can find the poll results on our election 98 web site at www.mpr.org.