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Tom Scheck
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| Date |
Title |
Description |
| 05/14/2001 |
Countdown to a Nurses' Strike |
The Minnesota Nurses Association and representatives from 13 Twin Cities hospitals continue negotiating the financial portion of a new contract. The current contracts for 9,000 nurses in the Twin Cities expire on May 31. Throughout the talks, the union has been asking for higher pay, but says more nurses and better care are their top priorities. |
| 03/14/2001 |
Changes for a Saint Paul Icon |
Workers will replace the Cathedral of Saint Paul's 60,000 square foot roof and refinish the buildings exterior. Church officials say the $35 million renovation will bring about some significant changes to the 85-year-old structure. |
| 02/27/2001 |
Lawmakers, Hatch Push Patients' Rights Legislation |
A bipartisan group of lawmakers say they want to enact a "patient's bill of rights" during this year's session. Lawmakers say the measure will ensure that HMOs are held accountable when a patient is denied care. |
| 02/22/2001 |
Ventura Unveils Effort to Provide Health Coverage for Kids |
Gov. Jesse Ventura has announced a plan that he hopes will provide more health care coverage to Minnesota's children. Ventura teamed up with the Minnesota Council of Health Plans and the Childrens' Defense Fund to announce an outreach program to insure more Minnesota children. |
| 12/27/2000 |
Session 2001: Abortion |
Anti-abortion legislation is sure to come up in the Legislature in 2001 Both chambers in the Minnesota Legislature are controlled by legislators opposed to legalized abortion. The only question is where the legislation will appear, and when. |
| 12/22/2000 |
Nursing Shortage Will Likely be a Long Term Problem |
In this era of low unemployment, employers are having a difficult time hiring and retaining skilled workers. In the health care sector, where lives are at stake, the hiring crunch is even more severe. Hospitals, nursing homes and doctor's offices all say the biggest workforce shortage is on the front lines of medicine: nurses. Hospital administrators say the nursing shortage comes at a time when the population is growing older, and the need for care is growing. |
| 11/24/2000 |
Hmong Celebrate New Year |
The Minnesota Hmong population is the largest in the United States and is celebrating the 23rd Annual New Year's celebration in Saint Paul. |
| 11/08/2000 |
Close Races Highlight Minnesota's Congressional Ticket |
Six incumbents in Minnesota's eight congressional districts won back their seats. The two closest races were in Minnesota's second and sixth districts. In the sixth, voters are sending back Democratic Congressman Bill Luther after he engaged in a tight rematch with Republican challenger John Kline. In the second district, Republican challenger Mark Kennedy won. |
| 10/30/2000 |
Profile: The 6th District Race |
Voters in Minnesota's sixth congressional district will choose between two familiar candidates. Democratic incumbent Congressman Bill Luther and Republican challenger John Kline squared off in 1998 in a race that was decided by four percent of the vote. For this year's rematch, Kline has raised nearly $1 million to help him win the seat. |
| 10/18/2000 |
A Question of Life |
A Colorado couple's daughter suffers from a rare - and often fatal - genetic disease. The parents employed a unique genetic embryo test to produce a child that would be a bone marrow match to their daughter. Their plan worked, but bioethicists and abortion opponents worry some may take the measures too far. |
| 09/29/2000 |
Luther, Kline Hold First Debate |
The two candidates in Minnesota's 6th Congressional District met in their first debate in Ham Lake. Democratic Congressman Bill Luther and the Republican candidate, retired Marine John Kline discussed the federal government's role in tax reform, health care and education. |
| 09/15/2000 |
In Search of Asbestos |
The Minnesota Department of Health says it will do a larger search for anyone who may have been exposed to asbestos from vermiculite at a North Minneapolis plant. |
| 08/28/2000 |
Forced to Tell |
A new state law that takes effect next year will make Minnesota the first state to require welfare and health care case workers to report illegal immigrants to the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Legislators who wrote the bill say the policy will discourage immigrants from entering Minnesota illegally and gaining access to state welfare services. Critics say the law targets all immigrants, including those in Minnesota legally. |
| 08/03/2000 |
African-American Fraternity Visits Twin Cities |
The oldest International African-American Fraternity for professional men has unveiled a National Strategic Plan for Black America. The final day of The Sigma Pi Phi's national meeting in Minneapolis culminated in the group breaking with its own non-political traditions to unveil its answers to the problems facing African-Americans. |
| 07/13/2000 |
Hope for Diabetics Could Come from U of M |
The University of Minnesota's Diabetes Institute will be one of 10 centers throughout the world to participate in clinical trials, to see if a procedure done by Canadian researchers will help diabetes patients. Last month, a New England Journal of Medicine study showed that the procedure in Canada had tremendous success. |
| 06/20/2000 |
Who Will Care for the Baby Boomers? |
Several state groups say they're concerned about the availability of long-term care for the baby-boom generation. They've been holding forums around the state to raise the issue's profile. |
| 05/24/2000 |
Mine Closing Rocks Iron Range |
The LTV Steel Company announced that it will permanently shut down its taconite plant in Hoyt Lakes. Company officials say they had to close the plant because it is obsolete, expensive, and the quality of the ore it produces has deteriorated in the past few years. |
| 04/27/2000 |
Teens Target Tobacco |
The first set of television, radio and billboard ads from Minnesota's $490 million Youth Tobacco Endowment have been unveiled. The advertisements were designed by teenagers with the hopes of discouraging youth smoking. The ads target the tobacco industry, not smokers. |
| 04/14/2000 |
Justice Department Investigates U of M |
The U.S. attorney's office has issued two grand jury subpoenas seeking information about academic fraud in the University of Minnesota's men's basketball program. |
| 04/03/2000 |
Effort Focuses on Detecting Hearing Loss Early in Life |
One out of every 1,000 babies born in Minnesota is deaf. Another three to four will be diagnosed as hard of hearing. For many of these children, detection of their disorder doesn't happen until they're one or two years old. |
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