July 14, 1999 - The City of Saint Paul is adopting competitive bidding for its city service jobs. City administrators say the move will help the city save money and keep down property taxes. Union representatives say Saint Paul administrators are taking the action without considering its workers.
July 8, 1999 - The St. Paul woman accused of being Symbionese Liberation Army bombing suspect Kathleen Soliah has agreed to waive extradition to California. The woman who has lived under the name Sara Jane Olson for more than 20 years will sign the extradition papers tomorrow that will send her to Los Angeles to face charges for crimes she's accused of committing in 1975.
July 8, 1999 - MPR’s Lynette Nyman reports on how Somali immigrants are adjusting and taking on the many challenges in creating a new home in the United States. Nyman speaks with local Somali residents about adapting while keeping culture and tradition intact.
June 29, 1999 - MPR’s Lynette Nyman visits Camp Ajawah to profile a new Girl Scout troop in Minnesota. It's not like most other Girl Scout troops in the state because Troop 2675 is for Southeast Asian girls. Born in the United States and growing up in the Twin Cities, these new girl scouts, who are mostly Hmong, are experiencing and learning in ways often unavailable in traditional Hmong homes.
June 25, 1999 - Outside the building where University of Minnesota officials announced Clem Haskins' buy out, Minnesota Public Radio's Lynette Nyman sampled the opinions of university students.
June 4, 1999 - The first refugee family from Kosovo to resettle in Minnesota arrived last night in the Twin Cities. Refugee workers from the World Relief organization and a "host family" were there to greet them. Although there's talk of peace for Kosovo, there's no telling when, or even if, this family will go home.
May 28, 1999 - Minnesota refugee resettlement agencies now have official word that Kosovar refugees could arrive in Minneapolis and Saint Paul as early as next week. The agencies started preparation for their arrival several weeks ago, but the work is only the beginning of making Minnesota "home" for a while for the Kosovars.
May 25, 1999 - A five-year breast cancer trial begins today testing two drugs--tamoxifen and raloxifene. 22-thousand post-menopausal women from the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada will take part. Minnesota cancer specialists hope to recruit volunteers for the study from across the state.
April 27, 1999 - The Minnesota Attorney General's "Safe Schools Survey" is out. And the results show students' perceptions of violence in schools haven't changed much in the last five years since the survey began. The survey questioned students from around the state. Most say if they witnessed a violent act--they didn't report it.
April 16, 1999 - The head of the American Refugee Committee has just returned from a trip to the Balkans. Tony Kozlowski says his Minneapolis -based relief agency is implementing it's program to assist Kosovar refugees in Macedonia. And he says they're expanding to nearby Albania and possibly Montenegro.