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May 23, 2002 - The unofficial summer season begins next week with the crack of a hickory bat and the roar of the crowd. Northern League Baseball opens it's tenth season, with teams in St. Paul, Sioux City, Fargo, Sioux Falls and Duluth-Superior. In Duluth, the Dukes are hoping to regroup with new coaches, a new manager, and a new attitude. Minnesota Public Radio's Bob Kelleher reports, if they make any money this year, that would be new too.
May 2, 2002 - MPR’s Bob Kelleher reports on the better than predicted regrowth after one of the strongest storms in the BWCA's history. Kelleher interviews various forestry and ecology experts about the new growth and the changes to landscape in the three years since blowdown.
April 22, 2002 - Canadians have been fuming about the sanctions put in place by the Bush administration and now the United States timber producers are just as mad. There is a big difference in price for soft wood from United States and soft wood from Canada. Canada gets a third of the soft wood business from the United States. Canadian mills are also bigger than American mills and therefore are more productive.
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March 15, 2002 - Iron Range Steelworkers are pushing Congress to help the Steel industry provide promised health and pension benefits. This week a U.S. Senate Committee heard the latest plea from steel companies for a bailout of what's called legacy costs - the costs of providing health insurance to a retired work force. Thousands of older Northeast Minnesotans are losing those benefits in the aftermath of LTV Steel's bankruptcy. Thousands more wonder if they might be next. Mainstreet Radio's Bob Kelleher reports:
March 5, 2002 - Iron Range lawmakers and steelworkers are encouraged by new restrictions on steel imports announced today by President Bush. But they are also worried the tariffs don't go far enough. They're particularly worried about relatively weak restrictions on imported steel slabs - a product that competes directly with Minnesota taconite. Minnesota Public Radio's Bob Kelleher reports:
February 18, 2002 - FOR USE MONDAY MORNING The U-S Senate is taking up a long awaited national energy bill. Like a house version passed last year, the Senate is expected to support continued research and development into what's called "clean coal technology." Two Northeast Minnesota power plant proposals are based on the new technology. But some environmental groups say there's no such thing as clean coal - especially at the edge of the Great Lakes. Mainstreet Radio's Bob Kelleher reports from Duluth.