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House budget to bring hardship to ND

Landis Larson, Bismarck In the middle of the night, North Dakota Representative Julie Fedorchak voted for a budget that will bring hardship and worse to many working families in North Dakota. In a time where working families are struggling to pay for the basics of food, housing, childcare, healthcare and prescriptions, Republicans in the House voted against helping working families on these basic issues. Instead, House Republicans voted for a budget that cuts vital programs to pay for Trump’s tax breaks for a few super wealthy families. Cuts to Medicaid and other health care ...

Legislators support critical crop protection tool

Brent Baldwin Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association President St. Thomas As we begin another planting season, I’m reminded of how important it is for farmers like us to have the tools we need to grow our crops. Without them, our farms would fall behind and struggle to make ends meet. Thanks to our lawmakers passing and Gov. Armstrong for signing HB 1318, we don’t have to worry about losing access to critical crop protection tools. This law reinforces what we already know – North Dakota lawmakers stand firmly on the side of North Dakota agriculture. This bill will ...

Protect Public Radio’s crucial role

Ann Porter Grand Forks Public media, including National Public Radio (NPR), plays a crucial role in keeping Americans informed — especially in rural states like North Dakota. Stations such as Prairie Public Radio deliver trusted news, thoughtful conversation, and local programming that commercial stations often overlook. From agricultural updates and in-depth election coverage to music, arts, and educational storytelling, public radio serves our communities with substance over sound bites. For many North Dakotans, it’s a daily connection to the broader world and to each ...

ND legislation session nears adjournment

Lillian Crook, Bismarck So, here comes the adjournment of the 2025 ND Legislative Session. I follow the headlines from afar and there is some seemingly never-ending shocking stuff about Holmberg, et al. The people who live and work in the ND disability community are looking at meager 1.5 or 2% increases, at best. From what I can tell there is, under the surface, some real bickering on the part of the legislators on how they are going to wrap this session up, much as there might be some smiling faces put out there for us to see. There are some vetoes and some signings and some ...

Protestors value corruption, fraud over American taxpayers

Steve Moen, Minot I found it special what the people totally affected by TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome) did in the state a few weeks ago with the protests in Fargo, Bismarck and Minot, whining about the deportation of illegal alien gang bangers, the uncovering of massive fraud, deceit and corruption, and the lay off of government workers who helped in the corruption just amazing. These TDS people, including former US House candidate Hammer value gang bangers, corruption, fraud and a host of other issues above the hard working taxpaying citizens that live in fear of gang bangers, ...

Many veterans depend on Veterans Affairs

Wayne Fisher, Dickinson Do Senator Hoeven, Senator Cramer, and Representative Fedorchak support the elimination or reduction of the Veterans Affairs (VA) and the VA benefits? Give them a call. More than likely our state Republican legislators and governor support Trump’s view. Call them also. There are probably more than 15 million veterans in the USA and many are dependent on the VA. Didn’t Trump avoid the draft by claiming heel spurs? Do all billionaires have heel spurs? Didn’t Trump call veterans who died in wars “losers” and “suckers”? Wow! I am almost certain that ...