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March 12, 1996 -
March 12, 1996 - A group of south-Minneapolis legislators say their colleagues are too eager to adopt the conclusions of the Dual-Track Airport Study, which recommends against building a new Twin Cities international airport in Dakota County. The group says adopting the recommendations now would cheat the public of the chance to participate in the airport decision.
March 12, 1996 - State Senator Skip Finn's attorney told jurors today Finn never stole money from a tribal insurance fund and...he never conspired to defraud the Leech Lake Band of the Ojibwe or the federal government. Attorney Doug Kelley says Finn was entitled to even more money than he was paid. Finn and two other tribal officials are on trial in federal court on charges they embezzled over one million dollars from a self-insurance fund Finn controlled as tribal attorney.
March 13, 1996 - MPR’s Marianne Combs reports on ice fishing along and on Lake Superior during winter, when ice flows become fishing opportunities…but not without potential costs and risks to life.
March 14, 1996 - The state auditor says the Twin Cities' Transit Police Department has regularly broken rules to hide thousands of dollars worth of unauthorized spending.
March 15, 1996 - This week marks the first year on-the-job for Minneapolis Police Chief Robert Olson. Chief Olson took the position amidst the turmoil that surrounded the departure of former Chief John Laux and the Mayor's firing of officer Mike Sauro following a settlement in a case alleging police brutality. In the following weeks and months, the city would suffer it's highest homicide rate on record.
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March 18, 1996 -