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Shame on Minot legislators

Jane Hirst Minot Shame on the four Minot legislators who voted against HB 1491, which provides funding to increase the number of students eligible to receive free school meals. The original bill would have provided free meals to all students, but was amended to provide them to those students whose family income was at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty level. If this bill becomes law, it means approximately 2000 additional students would be eligible that weren’t previously. The amended bill passed the House with bipartisan support, but Larry Bellew, Dan Ruby, Jeff Hoverson and ...

Still time to fix big mistake in HB 1082

Amber Vibeto Minot Although HB 1082 has been signed into law, I would like to address the mischaracterization of the concerns surrounding this bill. According to Ed Smith, Chair of the Uniform Commercial Code 2022 Amendments Enactment Committee, misinformation is being spread regarding North Dakota’s HB 1082 and similar bills around the country that are being sold as a simple UCC update. According to Mr. Smith, “There is a national effort to oppose these bills due to a misperception that the amendments will prevent the use of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and encourage ...

Family sends thanks to Region 6

​Greg, Ryan, Riley, and Reid Morlock Lansford We the Morlock Family would like to extend a very heartfelt thank you to all of Region 6.  To all the coaches, players, fans, officials, and tournament workers, you were truly a godsend.  The Pink Shirts, hugs, handshakes, and well wishes will not be forgotten.   When friends, acquaintances, and complete strangers tell you they are thinking about you and praying for you, you realize just how blessed your family really is.  Humbling is an appropriate word.  It was hard to determine at times if the ...

ND needs insulin price cap

Ellen Schafer AARP ND Executive Council member Bismarck In 2020, when AARP asked 50+ voters about their experience with prescription drug prices 60% said drug prices are unreasonable and many said they have or will need to make trade-offs to afford their medications. That is especially common for the 58,335 North Dakotans who have diabetes. And if that number doesn’t catch your attention, according the 2022 North Dakota Diabetes Report, 16,281 adults had undiagnosed diabetes and another 177,618 had pre-diabetes. Additionally, the fastest growing diabetic age group is age ...

Remember what you learned in government class

Patricia Marquard, Minot Many of the events of the last couple of years have been swept under the rug. Most people look the other way. I still wonder if citizens are aware of what I learned in Government class many years ago. I was taught that the state legislatures have a special job regarding Presidential elections as written in the U.S. Constitution. Article II. Section 1. states “Each state shall appoint in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct a Number of Electors equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in ...

Respect individual decisions on books

Barb Skogstad, Minot I am commenting on a letter from a couple weeks ago from Tim Knickerbocker concerning the legislation on banning books. I agree with Tim that this is clearly overreach on the government’s part here in North Dakota as well as MANY other states. It seems the Republican legislators want to CONTROL what their constituents read and think and see. If as they say – “Knowledge is Power” they certainly don’t want the public to be educated in ALL respects, have knowledge or heaven forbid power…THEY want the control. What and who is to say what is explicit ...