December 12, 2003 - The lead Republican negtiator on the Energy Bill currently stalled in the US Senate predicts Congress will pass the bill early next year.
December 10, 2003 - The verdict is in. Now the question is whether U.S. Rep. Bill Janklow will do time for convictions on four crimes from an Aug. 16 accident that killed Randy Scott of Hardwick, Minn. Judge Rodney Steele scheduled sentencing for Jan. 20, the day Janklow said his resignation becomes official. A Moody County jury Monday convicted him of speeding and running a stop sign, which both have maximum penalties of 30 days in jail and a $200 fine; reckless driving, which carries a top punishment of a year in jail and a $1,000 fine; and one felony, second-degree manslaughter. For that, he could get up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
December 10, 2003 - Governor Tim Pawlenty is scheduled to spend this weekend in Bosnia... visiting with Minnesota National Guard troops stationed there. The troops are in the region as peace keepers, enforcing the 1996 Dayton peace accords. Minnesota Public Radio's Michael Khoo will cover the governor's trip. He joins us in the studio this morning.
December 5, 2003 - Six hospitals in Minnesota have signed up to participate in a pilot program with Medicare. Some experts say it could eventually change the entire health care marketplace. It's called the Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration Project. Scott Smith is here to talk more on this program.
December 4, 2003 - A new survey finds that 25 percent of corporations believe it's easier in the long run to fire addicted employees than it is to treat them. That information is part of a survey which examines corporate attitudes towards employees with drug and alcohol addiction being released today by the Hazelden Foundation. It's based on responses from more than 200 corporate human resources departments. William Moyers is Hazelden's Vice President of External Affairs. He says the results of the survey include both good and bad news.
November 28, 2003 - With the start of the holiday season, many churches and churchgoers are highlighting alternative options for gifts and giving this year in attempt to honor the true spirit f the holiday season.
November 28, 2003 - Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.....I hope to roll into the MPR studios Friday morning with the following..... To: Morning EditionFrom: Mark SeeleyRe: Topics for MPR's Morning Edition, Friday, November 28, 2003 Topic: Anniversary of 1960 storm on the northshore.... On this date in 1960, a severe storm produced waves 20 to 40
November 28, 2003 - Despite dragging the company down, Target Corporation announced they still have no plans to sell off their divisional stores, Marshall Fields and Mervyn's.
November 28, 2003 - Heather Newman from the Detroit Free Press is in studio to give gift suggestions for the techie in your life.
November 21, 2003 - The issue of gay marriage has elicited a strong response from our listeners. Several of you called our comment line yesterday after we aired a National Public Radio commentary by Stanley Kurtz.... who opposes gay marriage. Kurtz said gay marriages... by definition can't produce children... and allowing them would undermine what he calls the "symbolic link" between marriage and parenthood. That... he says... would lead to more out-of-wedlock births and more family disillusionment. He says this has already happened in Scandanavian countries.. where gay marriages have been allowed for a decade. But this listener... from Minneapolis... questions the comparison to Scandanavian countries.