January 18, 1999 -
January 18, 1999 - MPR’s Laura McCallum reports on Jesse Ventura’s lively inaugural bash as the 38th governor of Minnesota. Segment includes sounds and music clips from the event.
January 19, 1999 -
January 19, 1999 - St. Paul civic and business leaders have unveiled plans for a business-oriented charter high school to open in downtown St. Paul next year. Former Lieutenant Governor Joanne Benson will be its top administrator.
January 20, 1999 - Federal investigators reviewing last December's Holidazzle accident have found no evidence of mechinical problems with the police van that accelerated into a crowd of parade watchers, killing two people. Their report is part of a state investigation is still underway. An attorney representing families of the victims says criminal charges should be filed against the officier who was driving the van.
January 20, 1999 - State lawmakers have started the debate over a proposed overhaul of Minnesota's high school graduation standards. The House Education Committee is considering a bill to scale back the controversial Profile of Learning, which is being introduced in the schools this year. Some legislators say the bill would hurt the state's education reform efforts. Others say they'd rather slash the entire Profile system.
January 21, 1999 - Christine Jax, Commissioner of the Department of Children, Families, and Learning; and Claudia Fuentes, of the Urban Coalition, discuss a proposal by state education officials to eliminate mandatory desegregation "race quotas" to change the racial balance in Minnesota's public schools. Jax and Fuentes also answer listener questions.
January 22, 1999 - It was Purple Pride Day in Minneapolis and Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton asked people to join her in wearing purple and celebrate the team that almost made it to the Super Bowl. At a Minneapolis City Council meeting, Mayor Sayles Belton and Minneapolis City Council members showed their Viking spirit.
January 25, 1999 - To close out the millennium, Minnesota Public Radio's All Things Considered presents a look back at Minnesota life in 1900 via a 12-part series, entitled “A Minnesota Century.” In this segment, a look back at the Battle of Sugar Point…a fight between the U.S. Government and Chippewa Tribe over timber.
January 25, 1999 - With last week's release of a federal report indicating driver error was to blame in last December's Holidazzle accident, the focus is now turning to the city of Minneapolis 's potential liability. A police officer was behind the wheel of the van when it accelerated into a crowd injuring eleven people and killing two others.