May 30, 1975 - Hubert Humphrey at St. John's 1975 commencement, speaking optimistically on the future of the United States.
May 9, 1975 - Property tax increases average 15 to 20 percent across the state and substantially higher in some cities. John Weston, Duluth city assessor, thinks his city is absorbing all the property tax it can, around 6 percent. He doesn?t think the tax was ever designed to carry such things as welfare, it was meant to take care of a municipality, it has been overused. U of M extension economist Arlee Waldo says for autonomy local governments need their own source of taxed revenue. State law prohibits local sales and income tax. A tax other than property tax would be worse because of variability. The property tax provides a smaller portion of government revenue than it used to. In 1971 it accounted for 47 percent, last year it dropped to 34 percent.Allen Boyce of the Citizen?s League Committee favors a gradual decrease in revenue from property tax to 25 percent. He says the overall level of tax is determined by how much money govenment spends. Every man?s tax break is another man?s tax burden. One problem facing cities is inflation and government method of funding projects.
May 7, 1975 - Are those who are benefitting from exempt status when it comes to property taxes abusing the system? That question is debated here in a discussion including Ramsey County Assessor William Carlson, who would like to push for stronger limits on what constitutes an 'exempt' property. On the other side is Alan Boyce of the Citizens' League who argues that exempt status increases the value of properties adjacent.
May 6, 1975 - Property tax inequity gets an overview by varying groups. The Minnesota Citizen's League aruges that backroom dealings and a lack of regulation on assessors is to blame, while others, including the Governor's office argue that the law places the biggest financial burdens on those who fall into the low income bracket.
May 5, 1975 - Owner-occupied residents get two kinds of tax breaks. First, the percentage of market value subject to tax is less for a home than it is for some other kinds of property, which is called the homestead exemption. The second break is the homestead credit, in which the state pays 45 percent of the home-owner's tax bill up to a maximum of $325. People who rent are eligible for a 10 percent credit of their rent, up to a maximum of $120. The new circuit breaker proposal would replace the homestead and rent credits with a scheme tying state tax relief to household income. John Haynes, Governor Anderson's tax assistant, explains the theory.
February 23, 1975 - MPR’s Bob Potter presents a program on a book collection of local poets titled “The Broken Glass Factory.”
January 24, 1975 - Interview with Kevin McKiernan on tape recorded at the Alexian Novitiate on January 22, 1975. McKiernan details what transpired in creating recording of interview and getting tape out of Gresham.
November 12, 1974 - MPR’s Bob Potter reports on comments at hearing where women athletics at the University of Minnesota was discussed.
November 8, 1974 - The attorney representing the US government in case dealing with the incident at Wounded Knee discusses a potential appeal and the issues relating to government's position.
November 8, 1974 - Ken Tilsen, attorney for defendants of the Wounded Knee incident, discusses his criticism of strategies employed by the Justice Department in related legal proceedings. Tilsen also discusses potential avenues for appeal, and what the government may or may not do.