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Letters to the Editor

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 ...

Education Savings Accounts are win-win for ND residents

Jordan Wald Minot Legislators are considering Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) for North Dakota students. ESAs use parent-directed state dollars to select educational services from approved vendors. Several outcomes are expected from an ESA program: greater parental autonomy over their ...

Legislators need to leave constitutional term limits alone

Lianne Zeltinger Minot Article XV (15) of our State Constitution relating to term limits was passed into law with the vote of 63% or a super majority of the voters in November 2022. On February 20, 2023, nine members from the House and three members from the Senate co-sponsored HCR 30319 ...

Right to Read defends freedom

Janet Anderson Burlington Right to Read ND is a nonpartisan group of parents and citizens dedicated to defending North Dakotans’ right to access information freely and without discrimination. We believe in safeguarding the freedom to read and ensuring library and school collections ...

Silence over hurtful actions speaks volumes

Catherine Benton Grand Forks I watched and listened closely to the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing for SCR 3013. As the hearing wrapped up, Senator Luick claimed not to know a single legislator with the intent to harm others. Yet, how can they ignore the pain caused by singling out an ...

Legislators are attacking public schools

Vicki Voldal Rosenau Valley City Our North Dakota public schools are under attack. The attackers are the pro-privatization legislators who are pushing for a radical change to our state’s educational system that will have dire consequences, especially for small and rural ...