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Letters to the Editor

Support legislation that reflects ND values

Rev. Ellery Dykeman and Denise Dykeman First Lutheran Church, ELCA Rev. Kathy Hintz Senior Warden All Saints Episcopal Church The Rev. Kim Becker Northwest Regional Coordinator Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota Rev. Rachel Simonson Lutheran Campus Ministry, MSU ...

Bill is more seatbelt harassment

Ross Hausfeld -, Minot This week our State Senate passed Bill 2362 — an expansion of mandatory seat belt coverage to all passengers of a motor vehicle and more pertinently, granting police power to initiate traffic stops solely for failure to comply. Currently in North Dakota it is law to ...

ND authors oppose censorship

Taylor Brorbym Salt Lake City, Utah The following North Dakota authors, poets, and essayists join me in strong opposition to HB 1205, SB 2123, and SB 2360: Byron L. Dorgan, Heid E. Erdrich, Louise Erdrich, Melanie Hoffert, Martin Keller, Chuck Klosterman, Debra Marquart, Kathleen Norris, ...

Begging for change in WSI oversight

Kirsten Reile, West Fargo The purpose of this letter is to bring attention to a very broken system. My husband, Oak Reile, sustained a traumatic, life changing injury while doing his job in May of 2020. Our family is requesting an investigation into the operation of Workers Safety Insurance ...

Legislature wants to relieve us

Dan Rice, Fargo The North Dakota Legislature is proposing and approving a trove of bills that could eventually lead to the elimination of these state and local government entities, among others: 1. The ND Board of Higher Education 2. The ND Department of ...

Use Legacy money to build real legacy

David Schwalbe, Bismarck North Dakota has a legacy of public enterprise to develop and ensure the future of our rural economies through wise nonpartisan investing. Our elected officials have become dangerously frugal, now relying on foreign and out of state corporate investors to mill our ...