Ron Schmidt, Tolna Donald Trump. Joe Biden, So this is what we call DeMOCKracy. Give me the smoke-filled room, the place where policy, not rhetoric, prevails, the nuts and bolts of how things are to be done. Last week my sister-in-law and her sister stopped in for a visit. They had been our ...

Clint Feland, Bismarck All new “Clean or Green” energy projects should have to provide documentation from all existing coal or other historic base load energy providers with the effect their project will have on the existing base load infrastructure and profitability. If they have a ...

Bob NcNamara, Upham Ellis Island opened in 1892. However, immigration had been with us long before that. It was in 1917 that the Immigration Act of 1917 was passed which limited immigration from most Asian countries. Immigration was again addressed in the 1924 Immigration Act which put ...

Michael Bakk, Minot Act I - Schools are overcrowded Synopsis: Let’s build a new high school, remodel and add on to the existing one and convert the downtown school to a middle school. That should take care of it. Taxpayers, “can you spare $100 million to help out?” Act II - ...

Don Morrison, Bismarck Thank goodness U.S. District Court Chief Judge Peter Welte decided to fix North Dakota’s violation of the Voting Rights Act. The remedy will give voters from the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and the Spirit Lake Nation a fairer opportunity to elect representatives ...

Denise A. Dykeman Minot Yesterday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a day that takes on additional significance this year as we mark the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. MLK Day is the only federal holiday designated as a National Day of Service to encourage all Americans ...