January 6, 1995 -
January 6, 1995 - MPR’s Karen Louis Booth looks at the first year of Sharon Sayles Belton’s mayoral tenure. Reports includes commentary by Belton and others on what the year’s challenges and accomplishments were in the mayoral office.
January 6, 1995 -
January 9, 1995 - Sheila Corbett, University of Minnesota student body president, shares her thoughts on student apathy at the school and across the nation. Corbett is critical of the media and lack of government accomplishments.
January 10, 1995 - Larry Pogemiller, Minneapolis DFL state senator and chair of the State Senate's Education Committee; and Arlene Bush, the president of the Minnesota School Boards Association and a member of the Bloomington School Board, discuss public school funding issues. Topics include failed referendums and school cuts to staff and programs. Pogemiller and Bush also answer listener questions.
January 12, 1995 - MPR’s John Rabe interviews Jack Reuler, founder of Mixed Blood Theatre in 1976, on receiving the Martin Luther King, Jr. award, as Reuler reflects on his vision for his theater.
January 12, 1995 - Judy Knapp, director of the St. Paul-based Minnesota Smoke-Free 2000 Coalition, details results of cigarette tax poll.
January 13, 1995 -
January 13, 1995 - Award-winning poet Barbara Simila from Michigan's Upper Peninsula discusses Lake Superior and Copper Country with fellow Keweenaw resident Darlene Basto.
January 16, 1995 - MPR presents a special program in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Program presents a collection of various MLK Day speeches including Paul Wellstone, Sharon Sayles Belton, and Joe Kingman on behalf of Arne Carlson, at Concordia College.