April 17, 1996 -
April 17, 1996 - The Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association will award its highest honor to Saint Joseph police officer Brian Klinefelter tonight. Klinefelter was shot and killed January 29, after stopping three robbery suspects.
April 17, 1996 - New statistics released this week are fueling concern that the Minnesota system for people with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities... does not serve minorities fairly. The report says minorities are admitted disproportionately to at least one state hospital... and are more likely than whites to be on waiting lists for more desirable home-care services. In part two of our series, Minnesota Public Radio's John Biewen reports the findings are consistent with those in other states.
April 17, 1996 - A plaque was dedicated to Minnesota's women veterans on the state capitol mall today.
April 17, 1996 -
April 18, 1996 - Minneapolis officials say they're outraged by Governor Carlson's veto of funding for expansion of the city's convention center. The $12-million dollar convention center cut was the project in the $38-million dollars Carlson trimmed from the half-billion dollar bonding bill.
April 18, 1996 -
April 19, 1996 - MPR’s Chris Roberts reports on a potent mixture of visual arts, drama and jazz form at a Penumbra Theatre production of Portrait of the Artist as a Soul Man Dead.
April 19, 1996 - The state Supreme Court today made it tougher for Minnesotans to sue alleged sex abusers for cases of abuse that are more than a few years old.
April 20, 1996 - Governor Carlson has fired Commissioner of Public Safety Michael Jordan. In a harshly-worded letter the governor complains of too many errors of judgement -- including the mishandling by a top Jordan aide of a death threat against Carlson. Jordan says his record shows he always acted in the best interests of Minnesotans...and that he's been dismissed unfairly.