Deven Mantz Minot This is a heartbreaking moment for the constituents of Minot. First and foremost, every single one of our representatives has turned their backs on our children by voting against providing meals for those in schools throughout the state. They have framed this as a choice ...

Pat Traynor Fargo Somebody might have to pinch me. When I woke up on February 14, the final Giving Hearts Day ticker read $31,584,082, and I was sure I was still dreaming. Surely this can’t be the same giving day that, less than 20 years ago, raised just half a million ...

Lillian Crook Bismarck I read a news story about some of the February 2025 firings of North Dakotans working for the federal government. Last summer I attended the 50th anniversary celebration at Knife River Indian Villages, one of the most important National Park Service sites in North ...

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 ...