Catherine Benton Grand Forks I watched and listened closely to the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing for SCR 3013. As the hearing wrapped up, Senator Luick claimed not to know a single legislator with the intent to harm others. Yet, how can they ignore the pain caused by singling out an ...
Vicki Voldal Rosenau Valley City Our North Dakota public schools are under attack. The attackers are the pro-privatization legislators who are pushing for a radical change to our state’s educational system that will have dire consequences, especially for small and rural ...
Kaye Carlson Grand Forks Our public tax dollars should fund public education — not private and religious schools. Yet, some North Dakota legislators continue pushing unconstitutional voucher schemes and Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) under the misleading banner of “School Choice.” ...
Board of the Red River Valley League of Women Voters Randilyn Dombek, president, Board of the Red River Valley League of Women Voters, West F; Denise A. Dykeman, president, Board of Plum Valley LWV, Minot; Kim Lee, president, Board of Bismarck-Mandan LWV, Bismarck; Barb Headrick, president, ...
Shirley Starke, Valley City How wonderful that North Dakota might get rid of Daylight Saving Time! The unseasonably warm weather we’ve had since February might be pleasant, but it forebodes a miserable and even deadly hot summer. Arizona got rid of its extra hour of heat in 1968, and its ...
The February cold snap served as a powerful reminder that reliable electricity is a non-negotiable, life sustaining necessity in North Dakota. Interruption in the flow of electricity impacts human life, safety, business viability and food production, processing and preservation. Beyond our ...