January 18, 2002 - Airlines are using new baggage screening techniques at the nation's airports starting today. A new law requires airlines to check bags for explosives or to make sure that each bag on a plane is matched to a passenger on that plane. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik is at the Twin Cities International Airport this morning to see how things are moving along and he joins us now.
January 18, 2002 - Sara Jane Olson will be sentenced later today for her role in an attempt to bomb two Los Angeles police cars in 1975. Olson plead guilty last year to possessing explosives as a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army. She will also be arraigned today on murder charges stemming from a 1975 bank robbery near Sacramento, California which left a woman dead. Joining us on the line is Lori Levenson, law professor at Loyola University Law School in Los Angeles. that's Lori Levenson, a law professor at Loyola University Law School in Los Angeles. We'll have coverage of what happens in court today tonight on All Things Considered.
January 17, 2002 - Nurses from around Minnesota are meeting in St. Paul today (THURSDAY) and tomorrow for a conference on terrorism. The meeting is designed to provide nurses and other health care workers with practical information about biological agents and the illnesses associated with them. Speakers will also present the latest local and regional plans for dealing with a terrorist disaster. Dianne O'Connor is a Program Director at the Minnesota Nurses Association, which is coordinating the conference. She's on the line now. That's Dianne O'Connor of the Minnesota Nurses Association. Harold Decker, CEO of Red Cross, will speak at the conference today. And tomorrow Lucy Farrell, a nurse who volunteered at ground zero for three weeks, will talk about here experiences.
January 17, 2002 - KPCC’a Frank Stoltze on murder charges against St. Paul resident Sara Jane Olson.
January 16, 2002 - Mee Moua comments on her who hope to become the first Hmong person ever elected to a Minnesota state legislature.
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 15, 2002 - Many groups are disappointed with the governor's bonding proposal, including some arts organizations. Several groups, most notably the Guthrie Threatre, the Children's Threatre Company, and the Roy Wilkens Auditorium asked for millions of dollars for new or renovated buildings. None of them got any. Senate DFLer Dick Cohen has been a strong advocate of funding for the arts and he's on the line now. That's DFL Senator Dick Cohen. Coming up in the next half hour we'll hear more from Governor Ventura who says he is now leaning toward running for reelection.
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.
January 14, 2002 - Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Jim Nepstad, a member of the National Park Service, about taking public comment on the proposed wilderness designation for the Apostle Islands.