June 30, 2010 - Hear extended excerpts on questioning of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan by Minnesota Senators Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar, both members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. This if followed by a segment on the late judge Gerald Heaney (January 29, 1918-June 22,2010), in his own words. Presented is MPR’s Stephanie Hemphill's 2006 "Voices of Minnesota" interview with Gerald Heaney about his 40-year career on the federal appeals court, his role in the DFL party, and his heroism as an Army Ranger on D-Day in World War II. Heaney died this month at the age of 92. The late Judge Gerald Heaney heard some 3,000 cases during his 4 decades on the federal bench as a U.S. Appeals Court Judge.
March 29, 2010 - As part of MPR's Youth Radio Series, Youth Radio reporter Iman Fears shares her experience in U.S. Senate Youth Program, which leads to meeting officials in Washington D.C., including Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, and President Barack Obama.
October 9, 2009 - On this Midmorning program, host Kerri Miller gets reaction from various individuals on the announcement of President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
July 2, 2009 - MPR’s Mark Zdechilk presents the MPR Special Report “Minnesota’s Unending Senate Battle - Al Franken's Road to the Senate.” Chapters include The Campaign, The Election, and The Recount Trial.
November 4, 2008 - Franken urges supporters to stay with him though he trailed by 1 point at about 11:54 pm
November 2, 2008 - Final U.S. Senate debate before the election in two days. Sen. Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Dean Barkley, hosted by Gary Eichten at the Fitzgerald Theater.
October 29, 2008 - Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Al Franken, speaks last week at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute as part of a Candidates Forum series put on by the Institute's Center for the Study of Politics and Governance. Following his opening remarks Franken took questions from the audience and moderator, Larry Jacobs.
October 16, 2008 - Tonight at 7p until 8:30p, NIS will carry live a debate among U.S. Senate candidates Norm Coleman, Al Franken and Dean Barkley. Mark Zdechlik will anchor the event from Duluth. The coverage will pre-empt The World and the first half hour of Fresh Air.
October 11, 2008 - Senate candidates debate at Breck School. Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Dean Barkley.
October 5, 2008 - ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) - In the scramble for Minnesota's senateseat, Republican Senator Norm Coleman and his Democratic challengerAl Franken didn't hold back at their first debate. Neither did a third-party challenger. Independent polls show a race in flux. Some have Coleman on top,others Franken, and all have the Independence Party's Dean Barkleymaking a dent. Both challengers went after Coleman's support of the Iraq War,with Barkley calling it the first "trillion-dollar mistake"Coleman made in office. The second one Barkley cited was theturmoil in the financial sectors. Coleman questioned the temperament of former "Saturday NightLive" comedian Franken, saying "Anger for anger's sake doesn'tsolve anything."The debate was held in the University Center Rochester Fieldhouse on the RochesterCommunity and Technical College campus in Rochester, Minn. onSunday, Oct. 5, 2008.