December 16, 1998 - (WITH IMPEAC) 4th district MINNESOTA CONGRESSMAN BRUCE VENTO SAYS THE HOUSE PROBE INTO PRESIDENT CLINTON COULD LAST A YEAR. VENTO VOTED AGAINST AN OPEN ENDED INQUIRTY INTO THE PRESIDENT'S BEHAVIOR TODAY. MOST DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF THE MINNESOTA DELEGATION PREFERRED AN INQUIRY THAT WOULDN'T HAVE LASTED PAST THE END OF THE YEAR. Sun 28-MAY 08:32:35 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001
December 16, 1998 - Minnesota hog farmers are wondering when a price slump which has made their pigs almost worthless will end. Prices fell sharply again yesterday as an oversupply of hogs continues to drive the market down. More than 300 producers voiced anger at their precarious economic situation last night in Marshall, during a meeting organized by congressman David Minge. Mainstreet Radio's Mark Steil reports: The collapse of the hog market is the crisis of a lifetime for pork producers. the worst slump they've ever experienced. The Mar
December 16, 1998 - A Minneapolis city council committee has authorized issuing up to $55 million dollars in bonds to build a Target store downtown. The committee also voted to support an affirmative action plan filed by Dayton Hudson corporation, needed for the Target store project to proceed. More from Minnesota Public Radio's Eric Jansen: Minneapolis officials say Dayton Hudson's filing of its affirmative action plan has resolved the last thorny issue blocking plans for a Target store on Nicollet Mall. Dayton Hudson has said a downtown Target store is not one of its priorities --- its stores do best in suburban locations. But city leaders, including Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton, s
December 17, 1998 - Minnsota's congressional delegation has been tracking events in Iraq, and trying to prepare for tomorrow's floor debate on whether to impeach President Clinton. 3rd district Republican Congressman Jim Ramstad says he approves of the airstrikes, but he's still withholding judgement on the impeachment issue: Minnesota 3rd district Republican Congressman Jim Ramstad. Sun 28-MAY 07:29:07 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001
December 17, 1998 - We also reached Congressman Martin Sabo in Washington earlier today. The fifth district Democrat also approves of the airstrikes, saying they're the logical conclusion to a long period of ineffective diplomatic relations with Iraq: 5th District Democratic Congressman Martin Sabo spoke to us from Washington earlier in the afternoon. Sun 28-MAY 07:29:07 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001
December 17, 1998 - A new housing development in Minneapolis' Phillips neighborhood will convert several landmark mansions into condominiums. Residents say the project is not gentrification that will push poor people out but instead is the beginning of a long awaited turn-around for the inner city neighborhood. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson reports. The wrecking ball has taken many of the mansions along Park avenue in the Phillips neighborhood. But a few remain, and Lutheran Social Services spokesman Bill Vanderwall says three near their headquarters building will become condominiums. The units will sell for $90,000 to $145,000. Vanderwalle says the housing and other projects in the works will change the face of the city's poorest neighborhood.
December 17, 1998 - for morning edition Thursday, Dec 17 Members of a state council set up to reform Minnesota's forestry practices are scheduled to vote today on a long- awaited set of guidelines for loggers. The voluntary guidelines are intended to protect wildlife, lakes and streams from environmental damage caused by increased timber harvesting. The timber industry says the guidelines are a significant step forward, but environmental groups say they fall far short of what's needed. Minnesota Public Radio's Mary Losure reports. For more than a decade, environmental groups have been concerned about increased logging to feed the expansion of Minnesota's pulp an
December 17, 1998 - The crumbling farm economy in Northwestern Minnesota is starting to erode local government budgets. Polk county commissioners are struggling to balance the county budget. It appears employee layoffs and reduced services for county residents are inevitable. Mainstreet Radios Dan Gunderson reports. Polk county tax revenue took a big hit when hundreds of East Grand Forks homes were washed off the tax rolls by the flood of 1997. But its budget problems started long before the flood. For the last half dozen years Polk county commissioners took the path of least resistance. They held down tax increases by trimming a l
December 17, 1998 - THOUSANDS OF MINNESOTANS HAVE CALLED OR WRITTEN TO THEIR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES IN RECENT WEEKS TO EXPRESS THEIR THOUGHTS ON WHETHER PRESIDENT CLINTON SHOULD BE IMPEACHED. SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS ON CAPITOL HILL SAY THE IMPEACHMENT QUESTION HAS GENERATED A STRONGER CONSTITUENT RESPONSE THAN ANY OTHER ISSUE IN RECENT YEARS. MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO'S WILLIAM WILCOXEN HAS THIS REPORT... THIRD DISTRICT REPUBLICAN JIM RAMSTAD IS THE ONLY MINNESOTA REPRESENTATIVE WHO HAS NOT YET DECLARED HOW HE INTENDS TO VOTE ON IMPEACHMENT. BUT RAMSTAD'S INDECISION IS NOT FOR A LACK OF ADVICE. HIS CHIEF OF STAFF, DEAN PETERSON, SAYS STAFF MEMBERS ARE GETTING AN EARFUL...
December 21, 1998 - Sober and somber. That's how members of Minnesota's congressional delegation described the historic impeachment vote against President Clinton over the weekend. The delegation split along party lines as the House voted to impeach the president for his actions in the Monica Lewinsky affair. Emily Harris reports from Washington: Sun 28-MAY 07:28:26 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001