It has been hard recently, of tariffs applied worldwide on April 2 to tariffs suspended except for China on April 9, to avoid reflecting on how much trouble could have been avoided if economists, instead of talking about countries’ trade surpluses and trade deficits, had devised different ...
Lillian Crook, Bismarck It is National Library Week 2025. This year’s theme is a celebration of the 67th anniversary of the first American Library Association’s National Library Week in 1958, dubbed “Wake Up and Read.” You can learn more about it at the ALA’s National Library Week ...
Barb Solberg, Minot As Chair of the Board of Directors for HumanitiesND, I am deeply troubled by the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) decision to cut funding to the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and the Institute of ...
Kit Brenan, Hillsboro Property taxes have done nothing but rise for almost 100% of residents in ND. If you rent and think you don’t pay property tax or specials, this is the main reason for yearly rent increases. Those costs are passed down. Yes, we’ve had state credits, buydowns, and ...
Melanie Gaebe, Bismarck During National Volunteer Week (April 20-26), the Alzheimer’s Association MN-ND is proud to honor local volunteers making a difference in the fight against Alzheimer’s and all other dementia. An estimated seven million Americans age 65 and older are living with ...
Amy Jacobson, Prairie Action Executive director Right now, the North Dakota Legislature is considering a slate of so-called “education savings account” bills. Whatever the poll-tested “school choice” label of the week is, don’t be fooled — they do the same thing in effect: drain ...