December 29, 1995 - State senate DFLers say Minnesota needs to shift money from corrections to early childhood intervention for a lasting impact on crime. Caucus leaders presented a legislative wish list today that they say dovetails nicely with the governor's crime prevention initiatives.
December 29, 1995 - On a vote of 12-to-1, with Councilmember Walt Dziedzc being the one dissenter. Minneapolis city leaders agreed to re-negotiate a garbage disposal contract with Hennepin County.
January 1, 1996 -
January 1, 1996 - The State Court of Appeals hears arguments tomorrow on whether a 13-year-old Minneapolis boy should be held in contempt because he refuses to divulge information about a gang-related murder.
January 1, 1996 -
January 2, 1996 - Minnesota's sixteen thousand federal workers get their December paychecks this week, and most of them aren't happy about it. Because of the current impasse over the federal budget, most of them aren't being paid for the final two weeks of December.
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January 4, 1996 - A Suspended Minneapolis police officer is asking a Hennepin County Judge to re-instate him to ACTIVE duty pending the outcome of an investigation by the Department's internal affairs department and an independent investigator hired by the Chief.
January 4, 1996 - Today in Saint Cloud, stakeholders in the debate over Minnesota's wetland protection law will convene for a two day meeting called by Governor Arne Carlson. It's an attempt to get both sides to resolve their differences and come up with a workable reform plan. Pressure to overhaul the law has been building, especially in rural Minnesota. Efforts to pass a reform bill failed last year, and all sides are hoping that won't happen again in this legislative session.
January 5, 1996 - Every winter for the last eight years, the Minnesota Center for Book Arts in Minneapolis has published a literary commemoration of the season. "The Winter Book," as it's called, is a highly artistic handmade tribute to the pulse and ritual of winter. In this year's book however, winter becomes a metaphor for the writer's exploration of the death of his parents.