Lee Hagen and John Lund, West Fargo Merrill Piepkorn, Fargo North Dakota Senators will soon consider, among others, two bills passed in the House. HB 1540 would subsidize parents of all 7,986 private school K-12 students starting in the 2026-27 school year. The per pupil subsidy will be ...

Bob McNamara, Upham Some say there is chaos in Washington and the admin is out of control. Others say you have to blow it up and start over to fix it. Both may be right or both may be wrong. That isn’t my point. My point will be that our government continues to grow with seemingly no ...

Amy Neal, Sara Medalen, Kristi Reinke, all Minot; Mary Eldredge Sandbo, Des Lacs; Andee Mattson, Rugby; Bret Dockter, Harvey; Kendall Bergrud, Lincoln; Sheila Peterson, Mandan; Karyn Chiapella, Hettinger; David Volk, Moorhead, Minn. As public teachers and North Dakota State Teachers of the ...

Brenda Seehafer, Rolla The legislature has reached the halfway point, and I worry our lawmakers don’t have their priorities straight. My biggest concern is K-12 funding. Governor Kelly Armstrong proposed 2% increases in the K-12 budget for each year of the coming biennium. The percentage ...

Clarice Liechty, Jamestown SB 2307 is bad for libraries and citizens of North Dakota. It is unnecessary and costly. Hopefully by the time you see this letter, SB 2307 will have been defeated. Or if passed, our Governor Armstrong will veto it. Can you imagine all the lawsuits that would ...

Gary E. Berube, Mandan I have written many articles and have always tried to remain neutral, but thanks to the Democrats for helping me out. At the State of the Nation address on 03/04/2025 the Democrats made it very clear to the world that they are only concerned with their own selfish ...