Barbara Headrick, League of Women Voters ND, president, Fargo
The North Dakota Legislature is considering a resolution (SCR 4013) proclaiming support for the Electoral College, our system for electing the US President. Under this system, a candidate doesn’t need to get the most votes to ...
Ashley Gaschk, Bismarck
North Dakota’s 69th Legislative Assembly is nearly halfway over, and lawmakers will soon decide whether to create Education Savings Accounts (ESAs), which would use taxpayer money to cover tuition at private schools.
For most North Dakotans, the prospect of ...
Rick Schlecht, Kulm
George Soros makes a point against BlackRock Inc., pouring monies into China interests, per an article by Bloomberg: George Soros says BlackRock’s China investments “tragic mistake”: 7 Sept 2021, by Russell Ward. Soros explains, in an op-ed in the Wall Street ...
Kevin P. Nelson
Minot
It is interesting to follow the proposals on cutting, reimbursing or eliminating property tax. There seems to be a continuous movement for higher levels of government to take over the funding, and then the control, of what has been a lower level’s responsibility. A ...
Jeannie Sovak
Minot
On Tuesday evening, as I was coming home at 9:30 pm after being gone, West Central Avenue was blocked off and I could not get into my driveway. There were heavy equipment machines and trucks parked all around my house.
I walked up to a worker in a city pickup to ask ...
Troy Coons
NWLA Chairman
The Northwest Landowners Association (NWLA) hopes to raise awareness of House Bill 1459 and its potential serious consequences for your mineral rights. HB 1459 provides a framework for the development and permitting of critical minerals and rare earth elements, ...