March 25, 2002 - Minnesota lawmakers are coming up against their self-determined deadline for finishing the session. Leglislators have said they want to complete their work and adjourn by Easter. But they still have plenty to do, including agreeing on a plan to close a $440 million gap in the state budget. Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer gets developments from MPR's Capitol Bureau Chief Laura McCallum.
March 15, 2002 - DRIVING WON'T BE EASY TODAY. MNDOT SAYS ROAD CONDITIONS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ARE HAZARDOUS DUE TO ALL THE SNOW THAT HAS FALLEN....UP TO 18 INCHES IN SOME AREAS. IN PLACES LIKE TRAVERSE, STEVENS, SWIFT AND POPE COUNTIES....TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE DIFFICULT DUE TO PACKED SNOW AND DRIFTS....AND AROUND ROCEHSTER..IT'S THE ICY GLAZE AND SLUSH ON ROADS THAT HAS MNDOT WARNING DRIVERS TO BE CAREFUL.
March 15, 2002 - THE LATE WINTER STORM IS SLOWING TRAFFIC THIS MORNING....BOTH ON THE ROAD...AND IN THE AIR. THE AIRPORT, FROM ALL ACCOUNTS, IS PACKED THIS MORNING WITH PASSENGERS AFTER FLIGHTS WERE CANCELLED OR DELAYED YESTERDAY. ACCORDING TO PAT HOGEN, WITH THE METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION, AIR TRAVELERS SHOULD EXPECT A BACKUP OF FLIGHTS TODAY. TAPE: THAT'S PAT HOGEN AT TWIN CITIES INTERNATIONAL.
March 15, 2002 - As weather observers get out and do some measuring there are some new snowfall totals to pass along and these could be updated later this morning. The golden shovel award is shared this morning by folks in St.Cloud and Willmar. Both cities report 17 and a half inches of snow. Jeff Horwich is at Minnesota Public Radio Station, KNSR in Collegeville, just outside of St. Cloud. He says the storm was very intense at times.
February 19, 2002 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews author Paul Nelson about his book "Fredrick L. McGee: A Life on the Color Line."
February 18, 2002 - LaVelle Neal, who covers the Minnesota Twins for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, talks about spring training from Fort Myers, Florida. The team survived Major League Baseball's off-season talk of contraction this year, thanks in part to a decision by the Minnesota courts that requires the team to honor its lease at the Metrodome. Still, it's a strange year for the Twins, who could be playing their last season.
February 4, 2002 - On this special Morning Edition held in Duluth, MPR’s Cathy Wurzer talks with poet Barton Sutter about his fascination with Lake Superior. Sutter also reads a poem about lake.
January 16, 2002 - Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Mee Moua, who won a DFL primary for the District 67 state Senate seat last night, beating state Representative Tim Mahoney and three other DFL candidates. Moua discusses education and housing.
January 16, 2002 - Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer talks with Jim Miller, the executive director of the League of Minnesota Cities, about how Ventura's budget proposal would affect city budgets. Governor Ventura released his plans for closing a nearly two billion dollar projected shortfall last week, and they included cuts in local government aid.
January 14, 2002 - Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer talks with Gene Merriam, a former DFL state senator, and long-time chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, about the concept of bonding bills.