Steven Moen, Minot When I hear people asking questions “how is the state going to pay the local subdivisions their portion of their budget once property tax is repealed, especially during an economic downturn,” I am flabbergasted. They are more interested in the government’s well being ...

Bob McNamara, Upham Kind of that time of year again. Colds, flu, viruses, etc. I was in a store recently when I overheard someone greet an acquaintance of theirs. As with many greetings he simply greeted her with a Hi, how are you these days. At which point she told him she’d been sick off ...

Jay Ivey, Minot My circumstances have put me in the position to watch and/or participate in Division 2 basketball at the highest levels consistently since the mid 1990s. This has included observing a variety of teams and conferences throughout the country and I have seen many national ...

James Maxson, Minot The many questions I have asked about the elimination of real estate taxes have not been answered. There are more which were not included in a prior article. Minot has a high percentage of sales tax revenue for obvious reasons. Thanks to the grace of God and industrious ...

Janet Mathistad, Minot I am responding to Jeffrey Case’s letter in The Minot Daily News this past Saturday. Mr. Case makes the statement that Minot (and one could presume he includes himself) “is an open and tolerant and welcoming community.” Then he goes on to refer to “two women ...

Kevin P. Nelson Minot It would seem that few elected officials and even members of the judicial system have studied or even read the U.S. Constitution. Following are three examples of this. First is Amendment 1, commonly called “Freedom of Religion” which states, “Congress shall ...