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Patty Marsicano
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| Date |
Title |
Description |
| 02/21/2001 |
Ventura Commissioner is a Finalist for Regents Spot |
University of Minnesota Regent Michael O'Keefe has cleared a key hurdle to being re-elected, despite some political reluctance to his candidacy. Tuesday night, a House-Senate education committee recommended him and four other candidates for the U's governing board. |
| 02/15/2001 |
Poll: Minnesotans Want Tuitions at U Held Down |
A poll commissioned by Minnesota Public Radio and the St. Paul Pioneer Press suggests many Minnesotans would rather hold down tuition at the University of Minnesota than get a tax cut or rebate. The poll says holding down tuition is also more important to Minnesotans than raising faculty salaries. |
| 02/13/2001 |
Yudof Raises the Stakes |
The University of Minnesota is keeping the heat on state lawmakers to allocate more money for the school than what the governor proposes. Yesterday, U of M President Mark Yudof went before the Senate Higher Education Budget Division to press his point. |
| 10/09/2000 |
Profile: 5th District Congressional Race |
People in the 5th congressional district will have a choice of five candidates in November. Stalwart Martin Sabo is running again, as are four other candidates, who aren't letting Sabo's seeming lock on the seat stop them from making a run for it. |
| 10/03/2000 |
Profile: The 3rd District Race |
Third District Republican Congressman Jim Ramstad has held the seat for 10 years. But as he pursues his sixth term in office, three other candidates are asking citizens to vote for them instead. |
| 03/16/2000 |
It's Never Too Late |
Minnesota prison inmates have written and illustrated a book which they hope will keep at-risk kids from becoming fellow inmates. |
| 01/06/2000 |
MCLU Sues over Prison Fee |
The Minnesota Civil Liberties Union is challenging a surcharge on the money state prisoners receive from the outside. |
| 10/05/1999 |
Putting Out the Fire: Fighting Tobacco the MPAAT Way |
It's been a year since Minnesota's settlement with the tobacco industry created a non-profit anti-tobacco organization called MPAAT - the Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco. State health officials say about 22 percent of Minnesota adults smoke, about the same as the national average. One of MPAAT'S missions is to help smokers quit, but it's not required to reduce smoking rates. So what is MPAAT doing? |
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