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Letters to the Editor

Legislators overstep bounds, waste time

Kara Vetter Minot Since the beginning of the current ND legislative session, there has been no shortage of ridiculous topics and wasted time. After the last couple of days, however, I think it’s safe to say it has completely devolved into nonsense. It is obvious that for many ...

Public dollars should go to public schools

Jessica Nolz Grand Forks I am writing to express my strong opposition to HB 1607, HB 1590, SB 2400, and HB 1540, all of which propose the allocation of public funds to private education. As a North Dakota resident and advocate for equitable education, I urge you to consider the significant ...

$300M mistake: Stop the asylum

Madison Hanson Fargo The North Dakota Legislature is on the verge of making a costly mistake – pouring $300 million into reviving the outdated asylum model instead of building a modern, community-based mental health system. Key stakeholders have referenced the article “Bring Back the ...

It’s time to choose

Greg Gallagher Mandan When such manifest chaos, corruption, and cruelties are thrust upon the American people by this Administration, when its efforts are spearheaded by an unelected, unconfirmed, self-serving oligarch itching for power, and when it positions itself beyond the independent ...

Who Killed HB 1373?

Andrew Allis Granville North Dakota House Bill 1373, known as the “Prenatal Equal Protection Act,” or the “Personhood Bill,” which would have afforded the same rights to those human beings within the womb as those without, was effectively killed, as similar bills have been in ...

Administration overreach creates constitutional crisis

BadAss Grandmas Leadership Team; Dina Butcher, Ellen Chaffee, Kathy Tweeten, Sarah Vogel, Bismarck; Lyn Dockter-Pinnick, Moorhead, Minn.; Barb Lang, Jamestown; Lynnell Simonson Popowski, Warsaw; Jane Williams, Fargo And all 356 members of BG4D The BadAss Grandmas for Democracy, a ...