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Letters to the Editor

Ensure everyone’s safety, rights

Bob McNamara Upham I don’t understand transgender. I don’t believe I ever will understand it. What I do understand is that in America we are supposed to be free to live whatever lifestyle we wish as long as we don’t infringe on the rights of others or demand from others. I also ...

New food bank would intrude on neighborhood

MJ Taylor, Minot I received a letter from the City Planner dated Dec.17th, 2024, informing 53 property owners around Our Lady of Grace of a request to rezone their property from R1 (residential) to P (public). For more information to contact the Planning Dept. I found out that the Church ...

Education savings accounts are bad idea

Jeffrey J. Ralph, Wahpeton North Dakota is one of very few states with no private school vouchers and no charter schools, and as a result, our public education system is among the best in the country. Despite this, private school voucher advocates try every legislative session to siphon ...

Bring Ten Commandments back into schools

Marlene Kouba, Regent HB 1145 is now in the Legislature and relates to the posting of the Ten Commandments in schools in North Dakota. I support that bill and encourage it be passed. When I first started teaching school, a copy of them was posted in each rural school and public schoolrooms. ...

Family grateful for Trinity’s services

Cathy and Ken Haarstad, Minot We as a family are grateful. Very grateful. Our adult daughter with disabilities was hospitalized last summer after she fell ill with diabetes, pneumonia and staph infection. She spent weeks on a ventilator and required lung and other surgeries, an infection ...

Legislature failing on property taxes, school funding

Steve Moen, Minot After watching the smoke and mirrors dog and pony show in Bismarck it is obvious that the legislature has no intention of reforming the unfair property tax. No mention was made concerning the unfairness of this tax that severely burdens poor taxpayers while letting many rich ...