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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, Jennie Shortridge, Sarah Vogel, Larry Watson, Clay S. Jenkinson, Lonna Whiting, Dr. Michael Yellow Bird. These bills are unconstitutional, will result in censorship, and violate the freedom of speech for all North Dakotans. They threaten public librarians with criminal charges and imprisonment for ...

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 (WSI) of North Dakota, as the need for change to benefit the residents of our state is long overdue. North Dakota is one of a few states in the country that is monopolistic. This means that they bar the sale of worker’s compensation insurance by private insurers. North Dakota employers must ...

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 Public Instruction 3. The ND Board of Social Work Examiners 4. The ND Board of Medicine 5. Your local school board 6. Your local city council 7. Your local county commission 8. Your local library board This legislature knows better than any of these ...

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 farm commodities and refine our natural resources. This frugality is costing the state and taxpayers billions in lost revenue. The Fufeng corn crushing plant near Grand Forks was one example of the disturbing trend of foreign countries taking over the US food supply. Stopping the plant’s ...

New coordinator sought for WAA

Richard Reuer, Minot I want to begin with this letter to the editor in first thanking all who have in the past nine years help bring and make Wreaths Across America as special time of honoring the lives of our service men and women and their families, by giving the Gift of Remembrance, through sponsoring a veteran’s wreath each year to ensure an American hero was honored. Each year as we would present this event through the mission of Wreaths Across America (REMEMBER-HONOR-TEACH). It was our hope each year to educate our community as wreaths were laid in Sections 12 & 16, Medal ...

Thank you Robinwood neighbors

Sue Bruns, Bemidji, Minn. Thank you to the Robinwood good neighbors!  Last weekend I visited Minot to stay at my daughter and son-in-law’s house and take care of my grandson while his parents were out of town. While his other grandma stayed with our grandson, I ventured out on a cold afternoon to pick up a few items at Target. On my way back, just a block from my daughter’s home, I took a corner on the icy road and skidded into a snowbank. By the time I got out to assess the situation, one neighbor had already come to my aid, shovel in hand. My CRV, even with ...