Nick Coleman
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- Gay rights bill battle in the Minnesota Senate
MPR’s Debbie Gage reports on debate in Minnesota Senate chambers over gay rights bill, which would have given protection to gays in the areas of housing employment education and credit, but not sanction gay marriage or gay adoption. It also did not provide protection and public accommodations.
- The Governor Resigns (aka Governor or Senator: Wendell Anderson and Rudy Perpich)
A special production by the Minnesota Public Radio news unit on the political history of Rudy Perpich, who takes over as Governor for Wendell Anderson who stepped down to be a Senator.
- Activity in the Legislature: wine amendment, supplementary assistance, campaign finance tax check off
Liquor addendum tacked on to bill. Wine provision added to liquor license bill. Legislator Nick Coleman is author. Coleman bite: Says this was added for resorts and restaurants. Actuality continues with more sound from legislature. Also: Senate voted for supplementary welfare assistance for some state aid recipients now covered by federal payments. Senate committee reinstate tax checkoff provision for campaign financing. Campaign contribution changes, bite: Senator Steve Keith. No fault auto insurance. Reporter mentions Rep. Bruce Vento proposal.
- Teachers hear about accountability and fewer students in coming decades
Both teacher unions, the MEA and MFT, are holding conventions. Speaker Richard Foster at the MEA asked whether accountability will create change or not. At the MFT meeting Senate Majority Leader Nick Coleman said a recent error discovered in state birth projections means some 300,000 fewer students will be in elementary and secondary schools in the 1980's and 1990's. He remarked the teacher/pupil ratio would have to be cut to just over eleven to one to employ the current number of teachers, and that won?t happen. In ten years we won?t need the state college system as it presently exists as there won?t be that many students. Plans should be made now to deal with that reality.
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