April 22, 1999 - St. Paul based Deluxe is announcing a restructuring aimed at strengthening the electronic payment systems side of its business. While the company's mainstay check printing business will remain an important part of the mix, Deluxe hopes the changes will position it to ride the nationwide boom in e-commerce.
April 23, 1999 - With no Reform Party members in the legislature, Governor Ventura has no party allies, and is turning to technology to lean on lawmakers. The latest project of "JesseNet" - the Ventura administration's online network of supporters - is Legislature Watch Teams, volunteers who will try to pressure lawmakers to support the Governor's policies. The first team is being organized in the district of a key lawmaker opposed to Ventura's light rail proposal.
April 23, 1999 - Minnesota's DFL Party is trying to regroup and move ahead, after the devastating loss of coming in third in the Governor's race and losing control of the Minnesota House last November. The party's central committee meets tomorrow to elect a new chair and discuss party reform. Many DFL'ers are looking for a leader who can help bring the party back together, after last year's divisive six-way gubernatorial primary. But the race for party chair threatens to divide the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party even further.
April 23, 1999 - Former Packer star Reggie White may have disappointed his critics last night in a speech to a conservative group in Minneapolis . As Minnesota Public Radio's John Rabe reports, the Reverend White stayed away from the kind of comments that generated lots of controversy when he addressed the Wisconsin legislature just over a year ago.
April 23, 1999 - Northwest airlines flight attendants demonstrated in New York today, site of the airlines annual shareholder meeting. The union workers say unrest at Northwest is unnecessarily cutting into the airlines bottom line and threatens its future.
April 26, 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, the story of Maude Baumann and her family's pioneer trek through the state in 1900.
April 26, 1999 - Minnesota Brewing Company bottlers and brewers are on day three of a strike against the company over changes in work rules. The money losing brewery says it must cut costs.
April 26, 1999 - Minnesotans concerned about the plight of Kosovar Albanians have been given the chance to contribute to relief efforts -- and to tap their feet. Last night, the Minnesota Czechoslovak Center sponsored a benefit rock concert for Balkan refugees at the State Theater in Minneapolis. The event featured the rock band Three Dog Night and was briefly attended by Governor Jesse Ventura and Czech President Vaclav Havel.
April 26, 1999 - Democratic Presidential candidate Bill Bradley made a campaign swing through Minnesota and Iowa over the weekend, picking up the endorsement of Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone. Bradley lags behind Vice President Al Gore at this early stage of the race for the Democratic nomination. But many Minnesota Democrats say they're taking Bradley more seriously, now that Wellstone is backing his campaign.
April 26, 1999 - There's a boomtown atmosphere in the communities at the edge of the Twin Cities seven county region. Developers are buying land and people are snapping up new houses even before they're built. The growth at the edges is revitalizing some small towns. It also poses questions for how services will be delivered.