April 3, 2001 - 15-6 vote passed the Carry and Conceal bill in the House. There are some additional requirements attached to the bill.
April 2, 2001 - Thousands of basketball fans are in Minneapolis for the NCAA Final Four Tournament, which ends tonight with the Duke and the Arizona. When not in the Metrodome, visitors swarmed the Final Four nerve center in Downtown Minneapolis and the NCAA's "Hoop City" at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Some came to root for their teams, others just because they always go wherever the Final Four is. Minnesota Public Radio's Helms caught up with some of the fans, and has this montage of voices. The report begins with a couple from Alaska who found out, getting tickets at the last minute isn't too difficult.
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March 29, 2001 - MPR's Marisa Helms reports that there's a big test for the Minnesota Twins stadium proposal at the State Capitol, with the final chance for the Senate State and Local Government Operations Committee to vote on the bill before the Legislature's first deadline.
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March 5, 2001 - Harold Stassen, one of Minnesota's most prominent political figures, is dead. He died Sunday at a nursing home in Bloomington. He was 93 years old. Stassen was the youngest person in the nation ever elected governor. Minnesota voters first put the moderate Republican in office in 1938, when he was 31. Historians say Stassen's youth and ideas rejuvenated the national Republican party. He helped create the United Nations. Others say his crowning achievement was laying the groundwork for nuclear arms limitation. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson reports.
March 5, 2001 - Harold Stassen, one of Minnesota's most prominent political figures, is dead. He died Sunday at a nursing home in Bloomington. He was 93 years old. Stassen was the youngest person in the nation ever elected governor. Minnesota voters first put the moderate Republican in office in 1938, when he was 31. Historians say Stassen's youth and ideas rejuvenated the national Republican party. He helped create the United Nations. Others say his crowning achievement was laying the groundwork for nuclear arms limitation. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson reports. {{DCART 5985}}