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Archive for February 7 - 11, 2005
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Monday, Feb. 7, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Is more ethanol a good idea?
The Minnesota Senate takes up Gov. Tim Pawlenty's proposal Monday to raise the ethanol levels in Minnesota's fuel supply from 10 to 20 percent by 2012. The ethanol debate is multi-faceted, pitting farmers against car makers and environmentalists--who disagree about the net environmental impact of ethanol production--against each other. Taking everything into account, from reduced emissions and domestic energy cultivation to market distortions and voided vehicle warranties, is more ethanol a good idea?
Guests:
David Morris, vice president of the Minneapolis and Washington D.C.-based Institute for Local Self Reliance, and Jerry Taylor, director of natural resource studies at the Cato Institute.

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Document Web Resource: The Cato Institute
Document Web Resource: The Institute for Local Self Reliance
Document Web Resource: The Cato Institute's study on oil subsidies, referenced by Morris and Taylor
Document Web Resource: The New Rules Project
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio What do college kids know about fighting terrorism?
Minnesota native Michael Hurley, senior director of policy at the 9/11 Public Discourse Project, says that young people need to focus their energy and talents on preventing future terrorist attacks. Hurley, who served as senior counsel and counter-terrorism policy team leader with the 9/11 Commission and has worked with American operations in Bosnia and Afghanistan, spoke Tuesday at the University Center Rochester.
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Document Web Resource: University Center Rochester
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Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Day rebuffs governor on gas tax, gambling
Minnesota Senate Minority Leader Dick Day, R-Owatonna, broke ranks with Gov. Tim Pawlenty in two significant ways in recent weeks. Last week Day proposed a nickel-a-gallon gas tax hike to pay for transportation projects, which would violate Pawlenty's staunch no-new-taxes pledge. Day has also rejected the governor's plan for a new metro-area casino, favoring expanded gambling at Canterbury Park racetrack in Shakopee.
Guests:
Sen. Dick Day, R-Owatonna.

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Document Senate Republican leader adds voice to call for gas-tax hike
Document Rolling the dice on gambling revenue
Document Chamber calls for higher gas tax to pay for new roads
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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Rice offers renewed friendship to French
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged the French people this morning to "turn away from past disagreements" over U.S. foreign policy, and work with America to foster democracy in the Arab world. In this speech from the school Sciences Politiques in Paris, Rice emphasized France and America's shared value of freedom and intertwining histories, saying that both countries would be judged "not by our old disagreements, but by our new achievements."
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Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Senators square off over school vouchers
In an Op-Ed in Tuesday's Star Tribune, Sen. David Hann, R-Eden Prairie, threw down the gauntlet. He challenged Sen. Steve Kelley, DFL-Hopkins, to a public debate on the issue of school vouchers. Hann is sponsoring a bill that would allow low-income families to spend state education dollars at private schools, and Kelley has accused him of trying to "blow up public education."
Guests:
Minnesota State Sens. David Hann and Steve Kelley.

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Document School voucher bill targets Minneapolis and St. Paul families
Document Pawlenty scholarship plan -- a back door to school vouchers?
Document Web Resource: School voucher debate rekindled
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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio AARP aims to block Bush's Social Security plan
The AARP spent $5 million on newspaper ads in January warning young people that President George W. Bush's Social Security reform plan would put their golden years at risk. AARP CEO Bill Novelli speaks live from the National Press Club in Washington. His speech is entitled "How America Can Afford to Grow Older: A Vision for the Future."
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Document Web Resource: Bush sells Social Security reform in Fargo
Document Web Resource: The National Press Club
Document Web Resource: AARP online
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Thursday, Feb. 10, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio The rising pressure of health care costs
There are over 45 million Americans without health insurance and nearly 500,000 of them live in Minnesota. There are proposals on the table at the state and federal level to cut funding for government-subsidized health insurance for the poor. With medical costs spiraling ever higher, is there a way to expand access to health care?
Guests:
David Durenberger, chair of National Institute of Health Policy at the University of St. Thomas. Durenberger represented Minnesota as a Republican in the U.S. Senate from 1978 to 1995.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Dayton drops '06 re-election bid
Saying he was not "the best candidate to lead the DFL Party to victory," Sen. Mark Dayton, D-Minn., announced Wednesday that he would not seek a second term. Republicans, who widely considered Dayton vulnerable, had already been lining up to challenge him, and now a number of Minnesota Democrats say they're considering a run as well. What factors led to Dayton's decision? How will Minnesota's 2006 Senate race look with Dayton out of the picture?
Guests:
Former U.S. Attorney and senatorial candidate David Lillehaug, a DFLer, and MPR political analyst Tom Horner, a Republican.

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Document Web Resource: A look at Dayton's career
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Friday, Feb. 11, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Arthur Miller dead at 89
Arthur Miller, one of the America's best known and most prolific playwrights, has taken his final bow. Miller, who wrote "Death of a Salesman," "The Crucible" and "All My Sons," died Thursday at his home in Connecticut. He was 89 years old. Miller came to Minneapolis' Guthrie Theater in 2002 for the premiere of his play "Resurrection Blues" and had this conversation with Guthrie Artistic Director Joe Dowling.
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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Vikings may have a new owner soon
Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor said Tuesday he intends to offer around $600 million to buy the Minnesota Vikings if the team is still on the market in March. Arizona businessman Reggie Fowler has been courting the Vikings for months, and Taylor says Fowler has until the end of the month to negotiate exclusively. If Fowler hasn't made a successful offer by that time, Taylor has vowed to place his bid within 24 hours.
Guests:
Glen Taylor, owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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