Duane Benson
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- Duane Benson on bus partnership and corporate buyouts
Duane Benson, executive director Minnesota Business Partnership, comments on the loss of local ownership of companies.
- Duane Benson joins Minnesota Business Partnership
A Midday call-in with former State Senator Duane Benson, who has now taken over as the executive director of the Minnesota Business Partnership.
- Mainstreet Radio - Mining the Future, part 1
A Mainstreet Radio special broadcast from City Hall in Nashwauk, Minnesota. Program highlights the history, current state, and future of mining in the Iron Range. In this first hour of program, MPR’s Catherine Winter and Martin Kaste present various reports and interviews from residents, miners, mining companies, and politicians. Following reports, a panel discussion with Jim Gustafson, commissioner of IRRRB; Frederic “Fritz” Knaak, former I-R state representative in White Bear Lake; and Tom Rukavina, DFL state representative from Virginia, who talk about the future of area.
- Duane Benson on Minnesota health coverage
Minnesota State Senator Duane Benson comments on debate at State Capitol over Minnesota health coverage reforms.
- Balance of Power, part 1 - Metropolitan shift
As part of a Mainstreet Radio project, Midday broadcasts from Das Wurst Haus in Lanesboro, Minnesota to focus on the changing power in the state. For the first time, a majority of seats at the State Capitol come from metropolitan area.
- Balance of Power, part 2 - Panel discussion on state funding
As part of a Mainstreet Radio project, Midday broadcasts from Das Wurst Haus in Lanesboro and continues with a panel discussion on the balance of power and how to spend state government dollars. Panelists debate topics on taxes and take listener questions.
- Mainstreet Radio: Rural Homelessness, a documentary
On this Midday program, a presentation of a Mainstreet Radio documentary on rural homelessness. There are people in rural Minnesota who can't afford to put a roof over their heads and advocates for the poor say rural homelessness is a growing problem.
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