Edana Kitzmann, Minot On June 10, 2023, there was a statement made that 85% of budget money (I believe from property taxes) goes for emergency services, such as law enforcement, etc. Where will that 85%, dollars, come from (if not from property taxes) to cover the line item of emergency ...

J. Patrick Traynor, Executive Director, Dakota Medical Foundation, Fargo The Fourth of July was a bittersweet day this year for all of us at Dakota Medical Foundation. While we were celebrating Independence Day with friends and family, we got the news that our region lost one of its most ...

Ron Henke, Director, N.D. Department of Transportation Col. Brandon Solberg, N.D. Highway Patrol, Bismarck Seat belts save lives. That’s the reason North Dakota’s law is changing from secondary enforcement to primary enforcement on Aug. 1. Seat belts are the single most effective ...

Ron Schmidt, Tolna Lies, damn lies and statistics. Mark Twain, HL Mencken and George Orwell, where are you now when we need you. Numbers, numbers, numbers. 7-12-23. More numbers. CNN: according to a poll, 61% of Americans support abortion in most or all instances. Really! The same ...

Bob Sanderson, Minot Recently there has been an issue raised with the Minot City Council regarding an ordinance that would have provided legal protection to the LBGTQ community. Unfortunately, that ordinance created a fair amount of controversy. After a number of meetings and testimony ...

Landis Larson, President, North Dakota AFL-CIO Co-signed by AFL-CIO affiliates: Northern Valley Labor Council, Northern Plains United Labor Council, Missouri Slope Central Labor Council In a recent interview on “Meet the Press,” Governor Doug Burgum showed his cards on working ...