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Bill Moyers raises the alarm over what he sees as inroads into free speech and ethics in government. He has spent the last several years speaking forcefully against the Bush adminstration and censorship of public broadcasting. A selection of those speeches appears in a new [...]
Gov. Pawlenty would like to cap property tax increases as part of a deal on the Minnesota state budget. His interest in doing something about property taxes is reflected in the DFL-led Legislature, where two competing bills calling for property tax changes wait to be [...]
The Minnesota Department of Transportation's new commissioner, Tom Sorel, talks about where he thinks the new gas tax revenue should be spent, and about the progress of replacing some critical bridges in Minneapolis and around the [...]
Bill Cosby built his career on comedy, but his criticism of the black community is no laughing matter. While some say Cosby is right when he says blacks need to start embracing personal responsibility, critics say he's ignoring a history of racism and [...]
Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been attacking NAFTA on the campaign trail and promising to renegotiate the pact if elected. Midmorning examines the truth behind the rhetoric on NAFTA, and looks at how the next president might handle the issue of [...]
Minnesota's drunk driving rate is the third highest in the nation, according to a recent government report. Midmorning explores the Midwest drinking culture and the role of DWI [...]
Scientists now have identified the contaminant that the FDA believes led to 81 deaths in the U.S. The contaminant was found in the common blood thinner heparin. It appears to have been intentionally substituted to make the drug more cheaply. Now Congress is calling on the FDA to better monitor foreign manufacturers of drug ingredients used by U.S. [...]
New advice for women struggling to have a baby points to nutrition. Midmorning examines whether changing your diet will put you on the path to [...]
As the price of a gallon of gasoline climbs above three dollars, the search for an alternative to Middle Eastern oil is becoming a greater priority for the nation. But what are the alternatives, and how realistic is it that they will replace oil as our main source of fuel for transportation? And if importing oil from unstable regions remains a large part of the energy equation, how does the United States maintain its security? These were some of the issues discussed in the UBS Forum on April [...]
The mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul talk about light rail, how the housing crisis is impacting the Twin Cities, and how both windfalls and disasters have altered the mayors' [...] |
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