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Letters to the Editor

Federal bill threatens right to vote

Denise A. Dykeman President, Plum Valley League of Women Voters Minot Right now, Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for millions of eligible Americans to vote – including you. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act would require every voter to ...

Library bill costly, unnecessary

Mariah Ralston, Bismarck Randi Monley, Minot, Co-chairs, Right to Read ND Senate Bill 2307 takes aim at content in libraries and schools, and if it passes, North Dakota taxpayers will have to pay millions of dollars to implement it. Taxpayers would be on the hook for $2 million for ...

Fully onboard with Trump’s government

Steven Moen, Minot Contrary to most media outlets and letter to the editor writers I am totally on board with President Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE (Department Of Government Efficiency) efforts to cut the fat in the government. I wake up in the morning with a smile on my face and joy in my ...

Protect children’s mental health during school day

Kirsten Baesler, N.D. Superintendent of Schools, Bismarck As North Dakota’s State Superintendent for more than a decade, I’ve had thousands of conversations with our teachers, students, and school leaders. I continue to hear — with increasing urgency — that our teachers can’t even ...

Lack of homeless shelter creates crisis

Jerrand Assibey, Minot I am writing to express deep concern over Minot’s ongoing failure to address a critical public safety crisis — the complete lack of a shelter for homeless and temporarily displaced residents. It is deeply troubling that an oil-rich city like Minot has not taken the ...

Protect Medicaid from harmful cuts

Julie Horntvedt, Executive director, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, on behalf of N.D. Disabilities Advocacy Consortium Board of Directors, Bismarck Cuts to Medicaid would have serious consequences for North Dakotans, threatening access to health care and services. This would ...