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Legislators overstep bounds, waste time

Kara Vetter Minot Since the beginning of the current ND legislative session, there has been no shortage of ridiculous topics and wasted time. After the last couple of days, however, I think it’s safe to say it has completely devolved into nonsense. It is obvious that for many legislators, their top (maybe only) priority is limiting the rights of certain citizens. The fact that it is being done under the guise of religion is a complete embarrassment to me as a Christian. Perhaps if our legislators want to show off their values, their time and energy would be better spent ...

Public dollars should go to public schools

Jessica Nolz Grand Forks I am writing to express my strong opposition to HB 1607, HB 1590, SB 2400, and HB 1540, all of which propose the allocation of public funds to private education. As a North Dakota resident and advocate for equitable education, I urge you to consider the significant consequences these bills would have on our public school system and rural communities. Public schools are the backbone of our education system, serving all students regardless of socioeconomic status, academic ability, diagnoses, or geographic location. Diverting public funds to private ...

$300M mistake: Stop the asylum

Madison Hanson Fargo The North Dakota Legislature is on the verge of making a costly mistake – pouring $300 million into reviving the outdated asylum model instead of building a modern, community-based mental health system. Key stakeholders have referenced the article “Bring Back the Asylum,” while legislators eagerly discuss whether the new hospital can be expanded later. They are trying to repeat history. For less than half the cost, North Dakota could make meaningful progress in developing a system that helps people recover where they live instead of isolating them in an ...

It’s time to choose

Greg Gallagher Mandan When such manifest chaos, corruption, and cruelties are thrust upon the American people by this Administration, when its efforts are spearheaded by an unelected, unconfirmed, self-serving oligarch itching for power, and when it positions itself beyond the independent review of Inspectors General, Congressional oversight, and a now-kneecapped Department of Justice, you stand in the thick of a full-fledged constitutional crisis. When any member of Congress remains silent amid the harms being perpetrated upon people within their charge, whether it be from implied ...

Who Killed HB 1373?

Andrew Allis Granville North Dakota House Bill 1373, known as the “Prenatal Equal Protection Act,” or the “Personhood Bill,” which would have afforded the same rights to those human beings within the womb as those without, was effectively killed, as similar bills have been in Oklahoma, Louisiana, and in other states, by no other than pro-life groups who strongly weighed in opposition to the bill, effectively discipling Republican lawmakers to vote it down. Confused? You thought pro-life organizations existed to eliminate abortion and and protect the life of the unborn child? ...

Administration overreach creates constitutional crisis

BadAss Grandmas Leadership Team; Dina Butcher, Ellen Chaffee, Kathy Tweeten, Sarah Vogel, Bismarck; Lyn Dockter-Pinnick, Moorhead, Minn.; Barb Lang, Jamestown; Lynnell Simonson Popowski, Warsaw; Jane Williams, Fargo And all 356 members of BG4D The BadAss Grandmas for Democracy, a non-partisan group who have fought for public integrity in government in North Dakota since 2018, wish to publicly express our deep concern over the current constitutional crisis and the alarming overreach of Elon Musk in his role within the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The recent actions ...