July 12, 2001 - The dry weather has prompted officials in the Boundary Water Canoe Area to ban open fires throughout the BWCA. Officials are worried that a fire could quickly get out of control and could ignite the hundreds of thousands of blown down trees that were knocked down during a severe storm two years ago.
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June 29, 2001 - MPR's Morning Edition, Friday, June 29, 2001 Topic Preliminary Climate Summary for June, 2001 Though rougly half of the days saw below normal temperatures during the month June will end up averaging about normal or even warmer than normal thanks to this week's heat wave. Temperature extremes during the month ranged from 99 degrees F on the 25th at Redwood
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June 25, 2001 - Laura McCallum, MPR's capitol Bureau chief. 7:00 will call 6000. on isdn INTRO: Well, we're down to about a week before the state government could shut-down, if lawmakers at the capitol can't agree on tax reform and a budget. Joining us on the line is MPR's Capitol Bureau Chief, Laura McCallum. -- Where are we with negotiations? -- What's the outlook for the rest of the week? -- Shutdown is still a possibility. Preparations still going on? --
June 25, 2001 - The Independence Party of Minnesota is now under new management. The Party is trying to pick itself up, after falling into debt, and failing to elect any candidates for the legislature last year. All of that despite electing Governor Jesse Ventura 3 years ago on what was then called the Reform Party Ticket. The Governor and his allies split away from the Reform Party last year... and re-named themselves the Independence Party which held its state convention over the weekend. That's where they chose Jack Uldrich as its new chairman. He joins us on the line now.
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